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Indianapolis 500: EJ Viso fastest on day three

EJ Viso was fastest on a severely-curtailed third day of practice for the Indianapolis 500, with drivers getting just an hour's worth of total green flag time before the session was ended by thunderstorms

Viso, who is standing in for James Hinchcliffe while the Canadian continues to recover from a concussion sustained at last weekend's IndyCar race on the IMS road course, managed to squeeze in a total of 43 laps with a best average of 224.488mph.

Andretti stable-mate Kurt Busch, who is continuing preparations to become the fourth driver to complete the Indy 500/Charlotte 600 double on the same weekend, finished up second-quickest at 224.159mph ahead of Penske's Juan Pablo Montoya, who caused the final yellow before the session was ended when his car rolled to a stop at Turn 4.

Despite the rain, 31 drivers were able to squeeze in some running, with Sebastian Saavedra making his first appearance since his car was heavily damaged in a start-line accident on the road course on Saturday. The Colombian completed a seven-lap shakedown before the rain arrived.

Of the 33 confirmed entries, only Buddy Lazier and James Davison are still yet to make their first appearance in practice, although a handful of other drivers including Katherine Legge are continuing to scramble to put together 11th-hour deals.

Pos  Driver              Team/Engine      Speed    Time      Gap       Laps
 1.  EJ Viso             Andretti/Honda   224.488  40.0912s            43
 2.  Kurt Busch          Andretti/Honda   224.159  40.1501s  +0.0589s  39
 3.  Juan Pablo Montoya  Penske/Chevy     224.115  40.1580s  +0.0668s  25
 4.  Ryan Hunter-Reay    Andretti/Honda   223.612  40.2482s  +0.1570s  53
 5.  Marco Andretti      Andretti/Honda   223.605  40.2495s  +0.1583s  23
 6.  Scott Dixon         Ganassi/Chevy    223.235  40.3163s  +0.2251s  53
 7.  Simon Pagenaud      Schmidt/Honda    223.063  40.3473s  +0.2561s  29
 8.  Josef Newgarden     Fisher/Honda     222.652  40.4218s  +0.3306s  45
 9.  Sage Karam          Ganassi/Chevy    222.635  40.4249s  +0.3337s  46
10.  Takuma Sato         Foyt/Honda       222.483  40.4525s  +0.3613s  20
11.  Carlos Munoz        Andretti/Honda   222.402  40.4672s  +0.3760s  40
12.  Ryan Briscoe        Ganassi/Chevy    222.364  40.4741s  +0.3829s  39
13.  Townsend Bell       KV/Chevy         222.249  40.4951s  +0.4039s  42
14.  Helio Castroneves   Penske/Chevy     222.196  40.5048s  +0.4136s  56
15.  Tony Kanaan         Ganassi/Chevy    221.972  40.5456s  +0.4544s  40
16.  Charlie Kimball     Ganassi/Chevy    221.937  40.5520s  +0.4608s  33
17.  JR Hildebrand       Carpenter/Chevy  221.737  40.5886s  +0.4974s  33
18.  Will Power          Penske/Chevy     221.610  40.6118s  +0.5206s  57
19.  Mikhail Aleshin     Schmidt/Honda    221.316  40.6659s  +0.5747s  26
20.  Justin Wilson       Coyne/Honda      221.184  40.6901s  +0.5989s  19
21.  Ed Carpenter        Carpenter/Chevy  220.898  40.7428s  +0.6516s  26
22.  Jacques Villeneuve  Schmidt/Honda    220.890  40.7442s  +0.6530s  32
23.  Sebastien Bourdais  KV/Chevy         220.856  40.7506s  +0.6594s  22
24.  Alex Tagliani       Fisher/Honda     220.146  40.8820s  +0.7908s  21
25.  Graham Rahal        Rahal/Honda      219.703  40.9644s  +0.8732s  37
26.  Oriol Servia        Rahal/Honda      219.674  40.9698s  +0.8786s  17
27.  Carlos Huertas      Coyne/Honda      219.345  41.0312s  +0.9400s  43
28.  Pippa Mann          Coyne/Honda      219.282  41.0430s  +0.9518s  37
29.  Martin Plowman      Foyt/Honda       218.380  41.2125s  +1.1213s  21
30.  Sebastian Saavedra  KV/Chevy         208.985  43.0652s  +2.9740s  7

All drivers use Dallara chassis

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