Dixon Tops IndyCar Day 1 Practice

Scott Dixon was fastest Tuesday at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the first IndyCar test session of the week.  His lap of 211.372 mph was just seven-hundredths of a second faster than Ryan Briscoe's top speed of 210.793 mph.  Dario Franchitti didn't require long to get re-acclimated to an Indy car.  He was third-fastest at 210.603 mph on the 1.5-mile banked oval.  Dixon is the defending IndyCar Series champion.

Rounding out the top 10 were Mario Moraes, Will Power, Marco Andretti, rookie Robert Doornbos, Briscoe in a second car, Tony Kanaan, and Graham Rahal.  Danica Patrick was 11th-fastest.

In all, 21 cars participated in the test, turning nearly 2,100 laps combined.

Testing resumes on Wednesday from 4:00pm to 10:00pm ET.