Listen to this article As the wind started to drop, and track temperature went down, the 2013 Indy 500 winner embarked on a qualifying simulation run and turned laps of 231.392, 230.419, 230.668 and 229.589mph. That meant an average of 230.517mph which vailted him to the top ahead of by far the quickest rookie, David Malukas. Twice he completed brave four lap runs with averages over 230 in the Dale Coyne Racing with HMD-Honda, a 230.286mph average being his best effort. His teammate Takuma Sato produced the fastest single lap of the day – a 232.789mph effort – but he felt too much downforce had been taken off and had to back off at Turn 3 on Lap 3, dropping his average to fifth best. Sage Karam produced the best time for a Chevrolet driver, setting an average of 230.114 in the Dreyer & R …