John Andretti continues his latest Indycar sojourn with Roth Racing and bounced back from a crash in morning practice to post an impressive 16th fastest time although there was less cheer for British duo Darren Manning and Justin Wilson, who could only muster 20th and 22nd fastest times respectively.
Mario Dominguez makes a belated Indycar Series debut with Pacific Coast Motorsport this weekend after failing to qualify at Indianapolis but the veteran Mexican was some way off the pace in qualifying and was the slowest of the 25 cars to complete their run.
Vitor Meira, last weekend's runner-up at Indy, will have to wait until race morning to see whether he can start his Panther Racing entry after a crash in qualifying. Although the local circuit doctors checked him out on Saturday he will have to get clearance again on Sunday morning before he can take the start.
One driver who definitely won't be competing on Sunday is veteran Marty Roth, who trashed his second self-owned Dallara in as many weeks in practice and took the decision to withdraw and re-focus on the next race at the Texas Motor Speedway.