Thirty-two of the thirty-three drivers were on the track today, turing in a combined 2,165 laps, on a very warm, but lovely afternoon.
At 4pm the the ambient temperature was 91 degrees with a relative humidity of 34 percent and winds from the west-southwest at 8 mph, gusting to 16 mph. Skies were mostly cloudy. The track temperature was 126 degrees, according to Firestone engineers
The top five speeds of the day were:
1 ) #10 Dario Franchitti @ 224.236mph (40.1363)
2) #60 Townsend Bell @ 223.716mph (40.2295)
3) #3 Helio Castroneves @ 223.699mph (40.2327)
4) #1 Ryan Hunter-Reay @ 223.093mph (40.3420)
5) #8 Ryan Briscoe @ 222.803mph (40.3945)
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