Chevy and Honda opened the first practice session at Mid-Ohio separated by a scant 0.0343 seconds as Team Penske's Simon Pagenaud took the Bowtie to the top with a lap of 1m04.9079s. Local hero Graham Rahal's 1m04.9422s lap in his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda, Marco Andretti's run to third in his Honda (+0.0735s) and Penske's Helio Castroneves fourth-fastest lap (+0.0755s) spoke to the immense fight that awaits the field for the Honda Indy 200 race on Sunday. The 45-minute session offered a somewhat rare occurrence when no red flags were required. With a limited number of tire sets available for the event, most teams followed the standard practice of limiting outings and total laps for...
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