Listen to this article Two-time Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato was the first out on track and hit 232.165mph on his opening lap in the Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda, which dropped to 231.450mph by his fourth and final lap, to set an average of 231.670mph. The sole Team Penske-Chevrolet representative in the Top 12, 2018 winner Will Power danced up to the Turn 1 wall twice on his run and said afterward the balance of the car wasn’t as good as in yesterday’s qualifying session, and he ended up behind Sato. Scott Dixon slammed in a 233.907 for his opener, and even his third lap was 233.616, before he had to lift in Turn 2 on Lap 4 and lost 1mph. Nonetheless his average of 233.510 looked exceedingly strong. Romain Grosjean, Andretti Autosport-Honda’s only hope, produced an excellent 233.270mph, his fastest lap of the week, but lost almost 2.5mph across the four laps, although his average still left him comfortably ahead of Sato and Power. Marcus Ericsson produced three 233mph laps to make himself second fastest at the time, although this looked briefly under threat when hometown hero Ed Carpenter delivered 234.244 on his opener. However, he had to pedal it on Laps 2 and 4 and his …