Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward was fastest on a relatively straightforward third day of practice for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500. 

The 27-year-old Mexican throttled to a quick lap of 227.308mph during traffic running in the earlier part of the six-hour session. 

Four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves was second at 226.841mph in the #06 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing Honda. He was ahead of teammates Marcus Armstrong and Felix Rosenqvist in third (226.841mph) and fourth (226.626mph), respectively. 

Alexander Rossi, with a fresh engine in his #20 ECR Chevrolet, ended up fifth with a speedy run at 226.364mph. 

Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Sting Ray Robb was sixth, ahead of AJ Foyt Racing rookie Caio Collet in seventh. Romain Grosjean was eighth in the #18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda. 

Six-time IndyCar Series champion and 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon was ninth, ahead of three-time Indy 500 pole-sitter Ed Carpenter in 10th.

Pato O'Ward, Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Takuma Sato, a two-time Indy 500 winner who led the most laps in the event last year, was fastest on the no-tow list, nailing a run of 223.828mph in the #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda. 

A pair of Team Penske teammates were second and third on the no-tow list, with Scott McLaughlin (223.738mph) ahead of David Malukas (223.391mph). 

“Solid day today in qualifying (trim),” McLaughlin said. “Overall, the Pennzoil Chevy feels pretty strong in race, and now qualifying trim. Always a nervous sort of energy before you drop it in qual trim. We’ll find out again tomorrow when we turn up the boost. Overall the Chevy power feels good and the car feels in a nice spot. We’ll see what we have come tomorrow.”

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Jack Harvey suffered a mechanical fuel-related issue and logged just 16 laps, which stood as the fewest on the day. Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) ran the second-fewest number of laps with 19. 

There were no on-track incidents in the session.

Indy 500 Day 3 Practice Results

cla # driver team laps time gap int mph

1	5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	43	39.5939			227.308
2	06	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	39	39.6516	0.0577	0.0577	226.977
3	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	51	39.6753	0.0814	0.0237	226.841
4	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	43	39.7130	0.1191	0.0377	226.626
5	20	Alexander Rossi	Ed Carpenter Racing	68	39.7590	0.1651	0.0460	226.364
6	77	Ray Robb Sting	Juncos Hollinger Racing	42	39.8279	0.2340	0.0689	225.972
7	4	Caio Collet	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	46	39.8595	0.2656	0.0316	225.793
8	18	Romain Grosjean	Dale Coyne Racing	64	39.8607	0.2668	0.0012	225.786
9	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	47	39.9039	0.3100	0.0432	225.542
10	33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	59	39.9892	0.3953	0.0853	225.061
11	76	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Hollinger Racing	54	40.0010	0.4071	0.0118	224.994
12	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	32	40.0038	0.4099	0.0028	224.979
13	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Arrow McLaren	44	40.0693	0.4754	0.0655	224.611
14	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	49	40.1012	0.5073	0.0319	224.432
15	19	Dennis Hauger	Dale Coyne Racing	63	40.1075	0.5136	0.0063	224.397
16	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	43	40.1617	0.5678	0.0542	224.094
17	75	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	25	40.2008	0.6069	0.0391	223.876
18	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	51	40.2040	0.6101	0.0032	223.858
19	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	55	40.2209	0.6270	0.0169	223.764
20	12	David Malukas	Team Penske	26	40.2881	0.6942	0.0672	223.391
21	26	Will Power	Andretti Global	54	40.3160	0.7221	0.0279	223.236
22	10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	56	40.3171	0.7232	0.0011	223.230
23	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	32	40.3541	0.7602	0.0370	223.026
24	11	Katherine Legge	HMD Motorsports with A.J. Foyt Racing	45	40.3798	0.7859	0.0257	222.884
25	23	Conor Daly	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	39	40.4047	0.8108	0.0249	222.746
26	51	Jacob Abel	Abel Motorsports	58	40.4254	0.8315	0.0207	222.632
27	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	32	40.4488	0.8549	0.0234	222.504
28	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	57	40.4649	0.8710	0.0161	222.415
29	24	Jack Harvey	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	16	40.4673	0.8734	0.0024	222.402
30	45	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	21	40.4871	0.8932	0.0198	222.293
31	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	19	40.5344	0.9405	0.0473	222.034
32	47	Mick Schumacher	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	54	40.5585	0.9646	0.0241	221.902
33	21	Christian Rasmussen	Ed Carpenter Racing	42	40.5607	0.9668	0.0022	221.890

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