Rookie Dan Wheldon led the fifth day of practice for the 87th Indianapolis 500 setting a blistering pace.
Wheldon turned a lap 38.7594 seconds, 232.202 in his No. 26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone, the fastest lap at the track since 1996. The Andretti-Green rookie is making his first IRL Indycar Series apperance at Indy this month as part of the team's four car challenge.
"We definitely got a tow on that lap,” said Wheldon, “but it’s great for the Klein Tools/Jim Beam crew to be top of the timesheets again. It’s going good, but it’s still early in the month. I think the pole will be around 231, 232, but it just depends on the weather, really. It's hard to predict.
Another Indianapolis rookie, Japan's Tora Takagi was second fastest with a lap of 38.7919, 232.007 in the No. 12 Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing Panoz G Force/Toyota/Firestone.
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves, who is going for an unprecedented third consecutive Indy 500 victory, was third fastest in his No. 3 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Toyota/Firestone.
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