Graham Rahal’s top time from this morning held firm to remain fastest on Day 3 while JR Hildebrand became the first driver to hit the wall on a superspeedway with the new aerokit. In the closing half hour of practice, Hildebrand was at the tail of a chain of eight cars when his Dreyer & Reinbold Racing-Chevrolet twitched hard out of Turn 3, and he didn’t have room to gather it up before slapping the SAFER barrier with both right-hand wheels and sliding along the wall. Hildebrand was checked and released swiftly, given the lack of severity of impact. There were few significant speed improvements in the second half of the day, although Will Power, who already had the top no-tow speed of...
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