Practice for the veterans began shortly after 2 o'clock on Monday under sunny skies and 62-degree temperatures. 2:20 pm ET: Townsend Bell (above, awaiting his refresher test), driving the fifth car for Andretti Autosport, only took seven laps to reach 223.288mph in his Dallara-Honda. "Feels good right out of the box, now we'll see how it handles with some other cars out there," said the color analyst for NBCSN and sports car driver who competes once a year at Indianapolis. 2:30: Marco Andretti crested 222mph in his Snapple Honda on his second lap. 2:45: It only took Scott Dixon six laps to find 224mph in the Target/Chevy, which was almost two mph faster than Will Power's best of...
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