Marlboro Team Penske driver Sam Hornish Jr. continued to top the speed charts as teams prepared to run for the WorldPoints Visa Pole Award for the 90th Indianapolis 500.

Hornish, who led practice for the sixth time in seven practice days, posted the day’s quickest lap of 39.4867 seconds, 227.925 mph in his No. 6 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Honda/Firestone.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon (227.322 mph) and Dan Wheldon (227.040 mph) posted the second- and third-fastest laps, respectively, with Helio Castroneves (226.654 mph) fourth. Defending pole winner Tony Kanaan (226.104 mph) was fifth-fastest.

Drivers turned more than 2,300 laps on the 2.5-mile oval, including Roger Yasukawa, who stepped in for Jon Herb at Playa Del Racing. Rahal Letterman Racing’s Jeff Simmons was uninjured in the day’s only incident – a spin in Turn 1 late in the day.

Practice Friday for the 90th Indianapolis 500 IRL IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed:

1. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 227.925

2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 227.322

3. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 227.040

4. (3T) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 226.654

5. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 226.104

6. (8) Scott Sharp, Dallara-Honda, 225.560

7. (55) Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 225.477

8. (4T) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 225.336

9. (17) Jeff Simmons, Panoz-Honda, 225.287

10. (90) Townsend Bell, Dallara-Honda, 225.087

11. (2) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 224.905

12. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 224.394

13. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 223.648

14. (16T) Danica Patrick, Panoz-Honda, 223.601

15. (15T) Buddy Rice, Panoz-Honda, 223.536

16. (51) Eddie Cheever Jr., Dallara-Honda, 222.126

17. (52) Max Papis, Dallara-Honda, 221.759

18. (5) Buddy Lazier, Dallara-Honda, 221.594

19. (27) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 220.974

20. (21) Jaques Lazier, Panoz-Honda, 220.915

21. (92) Jeff Bucknum, Dallara-Honda, 220.882

22. (91) P.J. Chesson, Dallara-Honda, 220.757

23. (7) Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 220.026

24. (1) Michael Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 219.789

25. (14) Felipe Giaffone, Dallara-Honda, 219.519

26. (97) Stephan Gregoire, Panoz-Honda, 218.869

27. (88) Airton Dare, Panoz-Honda, 218.860

28. (31) Al Unser Jr., Dallara-Honda, 218.658

29. (12) Roger Yasukawa, Panoz-Honda, 218.466

30. (41) Larry Foyt, Dallara-Honda, 218.313

31. (25) Marty Roth, Dallara-Honda, 215.798

32. (61) Arie Luyendyk Jr., Panoz-Honda, 209.478

33. (12) Jon Herb, Panoz-Honda, 204.104

34. (98) PJ Jones, Panoz-Honda, 194.644

[IRL PR]