Will Power tried to knock down the wall Friday morning but the 2014 IndyCar champion was knocking on the door of his own track record a few hours later. After tearing off the right side of his Verizon Dallara-Chevy only five laps into the opening practice period, Power bounced back to post the fastest time of the afternoon session with a lap of 1:00.943 – just a fraction behind his mark of 1:01.650 set last year. Defending IndyCar champion Scott Dixon was close behind at 1:00.957 in the Target Chevy followed by Simon Pagenaud at 1:01.179 in a Team Penske Chevrolet. Graham Rahal, who won his initial IndyCar race here in 2008 and sat on the pole in 2009, led the Honda-powered drivers...
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