For the second straight session, the top three drivers were from the Andretti Autosport stable. After finishing the first session in third, Oliver Askew was able to leap his teammates with a lap of 1:54.3065. Julien Falchero, who led the first session of the day and veteran Ryan Norman were both just over two-tenths behind the 22-year-old Askew.

After a cloudy start to the day, the second Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires session began under a bright blue Texas sky. By the end of the 75-minute session, the ambient temperature was a comfortable 62F, and the track temperature was 79F.

The ten drivers turned a total of 508 laps between the two sessions with Falchero’s 58 circuits equating to the highest number.

The Belardi Auto Racing crew was able to get the gearbox of rookie Lucas Kohl repaired about half-way through the session, and the Brazilian was able to complete 15 laps.

The entire session was run under green flag conditions.

Combined timesheet from the first day of Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires at Circuit of The Americas

RANK CAR NO. DRIVER TEAM QUICK LAP DIFFERENCE TOTAL LAPS
1 28 Oliver Askew Andretti Autosport 1:54.306 –.—- 52
2 26 Julien Falchero Andretti Autosport 1:54.530 0.2238 58
3 48 Ryan Norman Andretti Autosport 1:54.538 0.2315 56
4 13 Zachary Claman Andretti Autosport 1:55.342 1.0356 54
5 79 David Malukas Juncos Racing 1:55.423 1.1168 52
6 27 Robert Megennis Belardi Auto Racing 1:55.498 1.1915 53
7 21 Rinus VeeKay Carlin 1:55.597 1.2908 57
8 11 Logan Sargeant Carlin 1:56.161 1.855 52
9 67 Dalton Kellett BN Racing 1:56.791 2.485 54
10 5 Lucas Kohl Belardi Auto Racing 1:58.645 4.3386 20

I’ll be back a little later with some of the driver’s thoughts and pictures.