Newgarden fastest as Indy Open Test comes to a close

Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden closed Wednesday's final session at the Indy Open Test with the fastest speed of 225.617mph in the No. 2 Chevy.

The winner of the 2023 and 2024 Indianapolis 500s was followed by the 2025 winner in Alex Palou, who was second in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda (225.272mph).

Conor Daly was third in the No. 23 Dreyer & Reinbold Chevy (225.215mph) after being fastest on Tuesday and third in the morning session, and from there, the top six was completed by Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevy (225.109mph), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato in the No. 75 Honda (224.957mph), and Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Rinus VeeKay in the No. 76 Chevy (223.788mph).

"This is just the first step towards coming back here next month and trying to win another Indianapolis 500,” Newgarden said. “It's the greatest race in the world, and we have a good base to come back with. It was a pretty clean day for the team, and it's always nice to see your number towards the top of the pylon. Team Chevy brought good power once again. It is a long month to get to the race but we are in a good place leaving the test."

Jack Harvey’s afternoon was shortened after his No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevy belched a massive amount of smoke from both exhausts while rounding Turn 4 and spewed some flamed while coming to a stop on pit lane. The Briton’s test was over, but the rest of the car was unaffected.

Other than a caution for a fox that ran across the track just prior to Sato’s arrival in Turn 1, Harvey’s issue was the only racing-related stoppage of note.

Teams will have the weekend off and return next Friday for the Indy GP.
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