Impressively, Kyle Kirkwood, Indy Lights champion now at AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet, was the first driver of the weekend to duck under the 61sec barrier but he was soon joined and eclipsed by Will Power of Team Penske-Chevrolet, then Simon Pagenaud newly installed at Meyer Shank Racing-Honda after seven years at Penske, and then Rinus VeeKay of Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet hit the top.
But it was Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport-Honda who hit form, his eighth lap putting him second, his ninth lap putting him on top with a 60.3063sec. That was 0.16sec faster than anyone else.
The session had been largely incident-free to this point – a harmless Turn 1 spin for Jimmie Johnson in the Carvana Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda, a trip down the Turn 10 escape road for yesterday’s pacesetter Romain Grosjean in the #28 Andretti Autosport-Honda.
But with just under half an hour to go of the 45-minute session, Jack Harvey turned in a tad too early at Turn 9, clipped the inside wall which…
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