Tony Kanaan will start from the middle of the gird for the Indianapolis 500 but ...
INDIANAPOLIS - Tony Kanaan will start from the middle of the gird for the Indianapolis 500 but had his AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet out front on Friday, posting the top speed in final practise for the “the Greatest Spectacle in Racing”.
Rookie Santino Ferrucci had the second best effort behind the Brazilian pacesetter, clocking 225.486, while Japan’s Takuma Sato, the 2017 winner, was third quickest under overcast skies. “I wasn’t really happy with my car on Monday and I was extremely vocal about , and I think my engineers heard me and made it better today.”
Marco Andretti, who is trying to end the Andretti Curse and become the first member of his clan to win the Indy 500 since his grandfather Mario in 1969, was 23rd best.
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