Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi put himself on top in third practice, setting the fastest time of the weekend to eclipse by four-hundredths the Phoenix winner and championship leader Josef Newgarden. The 2016 Indy 500 winner lapped the 1.968-mile course in 66.611sec on his 12th of 15 laps, beating Team Penske’s Newgarden by a mere 0.0418sec, with two-time Long Beach winner Will Power in third, a further two-tenths down in the #12 Penske-Chevy. Ryan Hunter-Reay was fourth fastest for AA ahead of the third Penske of Simon Pagenaud, with Graham Rahal’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda in seventh. Spencer Pigot was seventh for Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevy, but his teammate Jordan King...
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