Kanaan Leads Indianapolis 500 Practice Thursday

With weather in the area throughout the day, and showers on and off drivers were on track Thursday. Tony Kanaan was the fastest in Indy 500 practice in the #11 7-Eleven car for Andretti Autosport setting a lap at 39.68 at 226.775 mph around the Indy oval. Tony Kanaan has run well at the 500 before but has never won it, will lady luck be on his side this May?

Paul Tracy in the KV Racing Technology #15 Geico Auto Insurance car was second in practice. Hideki Mutoh who has had the Newman/Haas car up front in practice most of the week was third on Thursday.

Fast Friday is tomorrow as drivers prepare for Saturday and Pole Day at the Brickyard. Bump Day is Sunday, and with the new qualifying format and alot of money at stake drivers will put out all stops to win the pole and if your not in on Saturday, you only have Sunday to make the 33 car field for this years 94th Indianapolis 500.

Here is the top 10 drivers from Thursday's practice at the Brickyard in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Indianapolis 500 Practice Session 6 Thursday @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

1.Tony Kanaan

2.Paul Tracy

3.Hideki Mutoh

4.Marco Andretti

5.Dan Wheldon

6.Helio Castroneves

7.Will Power

8.Alex Tagliani

9.Graham Rahal

10.Davey Hamilton

Practice resumes Friday with Fast Friday at the speedway with a qualifications preview show on Versus starting at 3:30pm ET Friday. Pole day is Saturday with live coverage starting at 11am ET on Versus as the Peak Pole Award for the Indianapolis 500 will be given out. Bump Day is Sunday at noon ET on Versus where the lineup will be offical for this years race.