Pole Day Morning Warm Up

The Pole day morning practice concluded at the top of the 10 o'clock hour with Sam Schmidt pilot Alex Tagliani once again at the top of the charts, running a 228.184mph speed on lap 3.

Early on in the practice Ryan Briscoe lost grip in Turn 2 sending the #6 IZOD machine backwards into the wall. Sliding into the grass Ryan got out of the car and was helped to the ground. Attempting to stand up the Penske driver was helped back to the ground before being laid on a stretcher and lifted into an ambulance.
Briscoe was later released from the infield IU Health Emergency Medical Center and cleared to drive.

"I'm all right," said Briscoe. "I'm a bit bruised on my knees. My legs knocked the wheel off, actually."
Taking back to the track at 9:42am in his backup Dallara for 16 laps, Briscoe's best speed came on his 9th lap at 223.932mph, good enought for 36th overall.

After meeting with the same IMS and INDYCAR medical officials as Briscoe, Simona De Silvestro's injuries from a Thursday fire were also evaluated and given the go-ahead for the morning warm up. With a best time of 223.357mph in her backup, 'Pork Chop' as the team calls the chassis, ran 32 laps, good enough for 39th of 41 entries.

Qualifications are slated to get under way at 11am est. LIVE on VERSUS.

The complete practice results:

1. Alex Tagliani 228.184
2. Buddy Rice 227.849
3. Will Power 227.766
4. Scott Dixon 227.642
5. Helio Castroneves 227.396
6. Dario Franchitti 227.386
7. Townsend Bell 227.271
8. Vitor Meira 227.150
9. JR Hildebrand 226.912
10. Bertrand Baguette 226.868
11. Ed Carpenter 226.778
12. Dan Wheldon 226.624
13. Oriol Servia 226.466
14. Danica Patrick 226.446
15. Ho-Pin Tung 226.440
16. Ana Beatriz 226.401
17. EJ Viso 226.017
18. Paul Tracy 225.959
19. Takuma Sato 225.891
20. Davey Hamilton 225.738
21. James Hinchcliffe 225.719
22. Jay Howard 225.676
23. Graham Rahal 225.641
24. Tony Kanaan 225.394
25. Ryan Briscoe 225.101
26. Justin Wilson 225.086
27. Tomas Scheckter 224.916
28. Charlie Kimball 224.903
29. Ryan Hunter-Reay 224.899
30. Alex Lloyd 224.540
31. Bruno Junqueira 224.472
32. Sebastian Saavedra 224.358
33. Pippa Mann 224.310
34. Marco Andretti 224.220
35. John Andretti 224.060
36. Ryan Briscoe 223.932
37. James Jakes 223.446
38. Raphael Matos 223.382
39. Simona De Silvestro 223.357
40. Mike Conway 223.172
41. Scott Speed 222.803

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