Graham Rahal, Takuma Sato and JR Hildebrand all found the wall in the final session of IndyCar’s open test at Phoenix International Raceway, but through it all Ryan Hunter-Reay came out top. Rahal had a relatively minor skirmish with the SAFER barrier on the exit of Turn 1 early in the 6-9pm session at Phoenix, but then Sato backed his car in hard exiting Turn 2 , in a shunt similar to that which befell Andretti Autosport teammate Alexander Rossi this morning. There was then a dispute over territory when Team Penske-Chevrolet’s newest recruit, Josef Newgarden, made a low-percentage late divebomb on Sebastien Bourdais’s Dale Coyne Racing-Honda at Turn 1. Despite kicking up dust down...
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