Scott McLaughlin backed up his 2022 NTT IndyCar Series runner-up finish at Texas Motor Speedway by leading the opening practice session for Sunday’s PPG 375.
The No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet went around the 1.5 mile oval averaging 223.747 mph. The New Zealand driver led the most laps in last year’s race at Texas before a last-lap overtake dropped him to second place.
Second fastest was Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward. The No. 5 Chevrolet averaged 223.518 mph with teammate Alexander Rossi averaging 223.468 mph in the No. 7 Chevrolet.
Colton Herta was the fastest Honda in fourth place, averaging 223.318 mph ahead of Andretti Autosport teammate Devlin DeFrancesco at 223.225 mph.
There were no incidents in the session.
Practice leaderboard:
- Scott McLaughlin
- Pato O’Ward
- Alexander Rossi
- Colton Herta
- Devlin DeFrancesco
- Felix Rosenqvist
- Callum Ilott
- Takuma Sato
- Josef Newgarden
- Scott Dixon
- Simon Pagenaud
- Santino Ferrucci
- Alex Palou
- Will Power
- David Malukas
- Romain Grosjean
- Helio Castroneves
- Benjamin Pedersen
- Marcus Ericsson
- Conor Daly
- Rinus VeeKay
- Sting Ray Robb
- Kyle Kirkwood
- Agustin Canapino
- Ed Carpenter
- Graham Rahal
- Jack Harvey
- Christian Lundgaard
