Alex Palou tops busy final Indy 500 test day

Palou leads Rosenqvist in final Indy test session

Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s three-time and defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou produced the fastest speed in Thursday’s final test session ahead of the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. The current IndyCar points leader set his best time on his third of 83 laps, a 223.993mph tour of the iconic 2.5-mile Speedway, and that was never bested. The three-hour session started promptly at 2pm ET, but it wasn’t until nine minutes in that Kyle Kirk…

Alex Palou tops busy final Indy 500 test day

The NTT IndyCar Series wrapped up a two day test session on Thursday, with the final three hours open for all drivers to turn laps in race trim. Traffic was more of an issue in the late afternoon than it was at any other time in the test, and drivers were constantly battling to find clean air. When they were in a pack, however, the tow helped to propel speeds nearly up to the 224 MPH barrier. The fastest single lap of the day was completed by Al…