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Josef Newgarden tops timesheets on third day of Indy 500 practice

Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing's rookie driver Josef Newgarden topped the timesheets on the third day of practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Monday

Newgarden managed a best lap of 40.4519s at 222.486mph to put himself clear of Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay and his team-mate Marco Andretti.

Newgarden's time was the quickest of the week so far, and he said that he expects the speeds to climb further as more cars start to run in traffic.

"It looks like everyone was trying to race runs, and we kind of jumped in as well," he said. "It was a lot of fun. It was good to run out there with the guys, and I think we need to do more of that probably and figure out how the car operates in the draft a little bit.

"I certainly learned a lot of the way it reacts today, and we just got to keep progressing with and trying to make it even more comfortable during the race."

Ganassi driver Scott Dixon and Sunday pacesetter Sebastian Saavedra (AFS/Andretti) rounded out the top five.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                      Time      Gap
 1.  Josef Newgarden     Fisher DW12-Honda             40.4519s
 2.  Ryan Hunter-Reay    Andretti DW12-Chevy           40.6065s  + 0.1546s
 3.  Marco Andretti      Andretti DW12-Chevy           40.6285s  + 0.1766s
 4.  Scott Dixon         Ganassi DW12-Honda            40.6323s  + 0.1804s
 5.  Sebastian Saavedra  AFS/Andretti DW12-Chevy       40.7636s  + 0.3117s
 6.  JR Hildebrand       Panther DW12-Chevy            40.7835s  + 0.3316s
 7.  Dario Franchitti    Ganassi DW12-Honda            40.8250s  + 0.3731s
 8.  Oriol Servia        Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy        40.8527s  + 0.4008s
 9.  Takuma Sato         Rahal DW12-Honda              40.8924s  + 0.4405s
10.  James Hinchcliffe   Andretti DW12-Chevy           40.9079s  + 0.4560s
11.  Tony Kanaan         KV DW12-Chevy                 40.9536s  + 0.5017s
12.  Justin Wilson       Dale Coyne DW12-Honda         41.0007s  + 0.5488s
13.  Ana Beatriz         Andretti/Conquest DW12-Chevy  41.0121s  + 0.5602s
14.  James Jakes         Dale Coyne DW12-Honda         41.0892s  + 0.6373s
15.  Ryan Briscoe        Penske DW12-Chevy             41.1016s  + 0.6497s
16.  Helio Castroneves   Penske DW12-Chevy             41.1470s  + 0.6951s
17.  Will Power          Penske DW12-Chevy             41.1783s  + 0.7264s
18.  EJ Viso             KV DW12-Chevy                 41.2192s  + 0.7673s
19.  Bryan Clauson       Fisher DW12-Honda             41.2212s  + 0.7693s
20.  Simon Pagenaud      Schmidt DW12-Honda            41.2390s  + 0.7871s
21.  Townsend Bell       Schmidt DW12-Honda            41.2574s  + 0.8055s
22.  Wade Cunningham     Foyt DW12-Honda               41.3250s  + 0.8731s
23.  Graham Rahal        Ganassi DW12-Honda            41.3837s  + 0.9318s
24.  Alex Tagliani       Herta DW12-Honda              41.3897s  + 0.9378s
25.  Mike Conway         Foyt DW12-Honda               41.4990s  + 1.0471s
26.  Rubens Barrichello  KV DW12-Chevy                 41.5274s  + 1.0755s
27.  Ed Carpenter        Carpenter DW12-Chevy          41.5684s  + 1.1165s
28.  Michel Jourdain Jr  Rahal DW12-Honda              41.6725s  + 1.2206s
29.  Jean Alesi          Fan Force DW12-Lotus          42.5499s  + 2.0980s

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