EDMONTON, Alberta – KV Racing Technology teammates Will Power and Oriol Servia swept the top two spots in the first day of practice for the Rexall Edmonton Indy.
Although it’s the IndyCar Series first visit to the 14-turn, 1.96-mile street circuit, eight drivers, including Power and Servia, competed at the facility previously.
Power, the 2007 pole sitter, turned a fast lap of 1 minute, 2.3404 seconds, 113.936 mph with Servia less than five-hundredths of a second off the pace (1 minute, 2.3900 seconds, 113.485 mph).
Team Penske teammates Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe were third and fourth, respectively. The two have combined to win the PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award at the last two races on road/street courses.
Justin Wilson, the Champ Car race winner at Edmonton in 2006, was fifth, followed by series points leader Scott Dixon, Andretti Green Racing driver Tony Kanaan and Canada native Paul Tracy. Graham Rahal and Bruno Junqueira rounded out the top 10.
A final practice session is scheduled for Friday morning, followed by the battle for the $10,000 PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award in the afternoon.
This is the inaugural Rexall Edmonton Indy, although eight drivers entered competed in at least one of the three Champ Car events at Edmonton City Centre Airport. Mario Dominguez, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Bruno Junqueira, Will Power, Graham Rahal, Oriol Servia, Paul Tracy and Justin Wilson combined to make 18 starts at Edmonton.
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