McLaughlin leads Fast 12 practice before crashing

The driver considered to be Team Penske’s best chance to earn pole position later today for the Indianapolis 500 was the fastest of the Fast 12 group during the 1-2pm ET practice session with a lap of 233.553mph, but Scott McLaughlin was unable to complete the outing after spinning, crashing, and briefly flying in Turn 2.

With McLaughlin unlikely to return to the track until Monday, the Fast 11 will chase pole position from 4:05-6:55pm. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon (pictured above) was second fastest at 233.240mph. Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward was third at 232.322mph and the rest of the runners ranged from 232.734mph to 229.978mph.

Within the Last Chance Qualifier session that followed from 2-3pm, Marco Andretti was quickest of the four with a 229.781mph ahead of Marcus Armstrong at 229.776mph, Rinus VeeKay at 228.988mph, and Jacob Abel at 227.970mph.

Within the broadcast window on FOX, the LCQ runs from 5:15-6:15pm.

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