If the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Pete goes like Sunday morning's final warm-up, Scott Dixon is looking pretty stout. Dixon, who starts second in the race he's never won, was almost six-tenths clear of the field and the only driver to crack 1:02 with a lap of 1:01.929 in the GE Honda of Chip Ganassi. Penske teammates Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud, who had miserable qualifying sessions and line up 16th and 14th, respectively, turned in the second, and third-quickest speed with laps of 1:02.5 and Spencer Pigot was also at 1:02.5 in Ed Carpenter's Chevy. Graham Rahal rounded out the top 5 with a lap of 1:01.6.
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