The 2013 Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan sent the team owned by four-time Indy champ AJ Foyt at the top of the times with a 226.181mph lap ahead of the fastest Penske-Chevrolet of Simon Pagenaud. When Pagenaud and Ed Carpenter joined Dixon in the 224mph bracket [click here for earlier report] Kanaan elevated the legendary Foyt #14 to  a 225.323mph. When Dixon and Pagenaud also broke through the 225 barrier, Kanaan hit the top with a 226.181, and his speedtrap figure – set at the end of the back straight – was a 235.245. No less significant was that Kanaan also took the fastest lap without the aid of a tow – a 223.240mph. Pagenaud’s 225.910 was just enough to withstand a late run from...
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