Hometown Hero Graham Rahal Fastest on Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Twenty-Seven Drivers turned 606 laps today around the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and local driver Graham Rahal was quickest.

Rahal turned 20 laps today in his No. 38 Service Central Ganassi Honda, and it was his 20th and final lap that was the quickest of the day. Rahal turned a lap at 116.788 mph in the first and only practice session of the day.

E.J. Viso was second in the session with a lap of 116.706 mph. The Venezuelan, like Rahal, turned his fastest lap in his last lap of the session.

Points leader Dario Franchitti was third quickest with a lap of 116.636 mph. Franchitti is sporting a new paint scheme on his No. 10 Honda.

Fourth quickest was Franchitt's main rival Will Power. Power turned a lap at 116.592 mph in his No. 12 Verizon Wireless Honda.

Rounding out the top five today was Dreyer & Reinbold's Justin Wilson. Wilson turned a lap of 116.473 mph in a new black and yellow paint scheme.

Andretti Autosport continued its bad season with only Ryan Hunter-Reay landing in the top 15 on the speed charts. Hunter-Reay turned a lap of 116.042 mph, which was good enough for eighth. The other three Andretti drivers Mike Conway, Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti were 20th, 22nd and 26th, respectively, on the speed charts.

Practice resumes tomorrow for the Izod IndyCar Series from 8:30-10:30 a.m., and qualifying will be from 12:55-2:15 p.m.

Another 2012 Engine announcement was made today. Sam Schmidt Motorsports was announced as the third team to have Honda's backing for next season. Schmidt will join Ganassi and Foyt as teams that will be using Honda engines next year.