Indy 500 Day 2 practice results: Conor Daly tops the…

Conor Daly throttled to the top of the timesheets to lead the second day of practice for the 110th Running Indianapolis 500.

On a gusty and chilly day, the native Hoosier received a massive tow and put down a stout run of 228.080mph in the #23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, the four-time and reigning IndyCar Series champion who is also the defending race winner of the Indy 500, backed up his top-of-the-charts on Tuesday’s opening day of practice by being second on Day 2. He was a slim 0.0093s behind (228.027mph) Daly’s pace and the only other driver to break the 228mph barrier.

David Malukas, driving the #12 Team Penske Chevrolet, was third at 0.1636s behind (227.139mph). Despite spending a good chunk of the session near the bottom, the #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda of Graham Rahal vaulted up to fourth in the last 30 minutes with a quick lap of 226.835mph. Romain Grosjean’s #18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda ended up fifth after a best showing of 226.591mph.

Six-time IndyCar champion and 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) was sixth, ahead of Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) in seventh, Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) in eighth, Santino Ferrucci (AJ Foyt Racing), and Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Global) in 10th.

Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward, a two-time Indy 500 runner-up, was the fastest among the no-tow list at 221.409mph. ECR’s Alexander Rossi was second at 221.392mph, with Andretti Global’s Marcus Ericsson in third at 221.204mph.

Palou logged the most laps on the day with 118, with Ferrucci the only other driver above the century mark with 102 laps. Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Sting Ray Robb ended up running the fewest laps with 44. ECR’s co-owner/driver Ed Carpenter did 48 laps, the second-fewest on the day.

There were once again no incidents, and FOX Sports reported that Rossi ended up in the garage near the end of the session as the team undergoes an engine change.

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cla	#	driver	team	laps	time	gap	int	mph
1	23	Conor Daly	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	86	39.4598			228.080
2	10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	118	39.4691	0.0093	0.0093	228.026
3	12	David Malukas	Team Penske	56	39.6234	0.1636	0.1543	227.139
4	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	58	39.6765	0.2167	0.0531	226.835
5	18	Romain Grosjean	Dale Coyne Racing	77	39.7191	0.2593	0.0426	226.591
6	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	74	39.7224	0.2626	0.0033	226.572
7	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	82	39.7926	0.3328	0.0702	226.173
8	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	90	39.8294	0.3696	0.0368	225.964
9	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	102	39.8946	0.4348	0.0652	225.594
10	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	89	39.9038	0.4440	0.0092	225.542
11	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	72	39.9519	0.4921	0.0481	225.271
12	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	91	39.9709	0.5111	0.0190	225.164
13	26	Will Power	Andretti Global	68	39.9764	0.5166	0.0055	225.133
14	24	Jack Harvey	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	78	39.9823	0.5225	0.0059	225.100
15	76	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Hollinger Racing	88	39.9839	0.5241	0.0016	225.091
16	45	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	74	40.0425	0.5827	0.0586	224.761
17	19	Dennis Hauger	Dale Coyne Racing	85	40.0972	0.6374	0.0547	224.455
18	4	Caio Collet	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	85	40.1087	0.6489	0.0115	224.390
19	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	83	40.1295	0.6697	0.0208	224.274
20	77	Ray Robb Sting	Juncos Hollinger Racing	44	40.1299	0.6701	0.0004	224.272
21	20	Alexander Rossi	Ed Carpenter Racing	59	40.1305	0.6707	0.0006	224.268
22	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	83	40.1366	0.6768	0.0061	224.234
23	06	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	69	40.1494	0.6896	0.0128	224.163
24	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	55	40.1668	0.7070	0.0174	224.066
25	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Arrow McLaren	75	40.1673	0.7075	0.0005	224.063
26	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	90	40.2115	0.7517	0.0442	223.817
27	5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	61	40.2327	0.7729	0.0212	223.699
28	51	Jacob Abel	Abel Motorsports	73	40.2516	0.7918	0.0189	223.594
29	21	Christian Rasmussen	Ed Carpenter Racing	96	40.2658	0.8060	0.0142	223.515
30	75	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	75	40.2912	0.8314	0.0254	223.374
31	47	Mick Schumacher	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	85	40.4939	1.0341	0.2027	222.256
32	33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	48	40.4992	1.0394	0.0053	222.227
33	11	Katherine Legge	HMD Motorsports with A.J. Foyt Racing	73	40.7267	1.2669	0.2275	220.985