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The NTT IndyCar Series held its traditional final Indy 500 practice session on Friday, known affectionately as Carb Day. This year, clouds and cool weather provided a grippy track for the race’s 33 drivers to dial in their final race setups. Instead of looking for clean track, drivers made sure to seek out traffic so […]
The final Indy 500 practice session, known as Carb Day, took place on Friday with favorable weather conditions providing a good track for the drivers to fine-tune their race setups.
Drivers focused on understanding how their cars performed in traffic and with fuel-saving strategies rather than chasing clean track.
Josef Newgarden set the pace with the fastest lap of the day at 228.342 MPH, followed by Christian Rasmussen and David Malukas in the top three.
Alexander Rossi, recovering from a crash, returned to the track with a carbon fiber boot on his foot but managed to complete laps without pain, praising his team for preparing a backup car.
Scott Dixon logged the most laps with 96, and overall, 2,169 laps were completed during the session.
The practice session was incident-free, setting a calm atmosphere before the main event, the Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 24.
