Artem Petrov comes to the attention of his Exclusive Autosport crew during Indy Pro 2000 spring training Photo credit: Gavin Baker Photography/Road to Indy

If you needed more proof of just how competitive Indy Pro 2000 will be in 2021, look no further than the final test session before official practice gets started.

Exclusive Autosport’s Artem Petrov turned the quickest lap at 77.2613 seconds, but he had his rearview mirrors full of the rest of the field. The top five were within one-tenth of a second, and the top 12 were within a half-second of the veteran.

Five teams – Exclusive Autosport (2), Pabst Racing (1), RP Motorsport (1), Juncos Racing (1), and Jay Howard Driver Development (1) – are represented in the fastest six drivers.

The entire session was run under green flag conditions, with the 17 drivers completing 487 circuits of the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course.

Exclusive Autosport’s Braden Eves was the busiest driver in the session, completing 35 laps, but he wasn’t the only active pilot. All but one of the 17 entries completed at least 25 laps.

Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires test session #2 at Barber Motorsports Park – April 15, 2021

RANK CAR NO. DRIVER TEAM QUICK LAP DIFFERENCE TOTAL LAPS
1 42 Artem Petrov Exclusive Autosport 1:17.2613 26
2 18 Hunter McElrea Pabst Racing 1:17.2636 0.0023 25
3 74 Enzo Fittipaldi RP Motorsport USA 1:17.3766 0.1153 29
4 91 Braden Eves Exclusive Autosport 1:17.3880 0.1267 35
5 55 Reece Gold Juncos Racing 1:17.4009 0.1396 33
6 1 Christian Rasmussen Jay Howard Driver Development 1:17.4717 0.2104 28
7 22 Manuel Sulaiman Juncos Racing 1:17.5575 0.2962 33
8 21 Kyffin Simpson Juncos Racing 1:17.5598 0.2985 31
9 77 Enaam Ahmed RP Motorsport USA 1:17.5636 0.3023 20
10 11 Hunter Yeany Velocity Racing Development 1:17.6475 0.3862 26
11 5 Wyatt Brichacek Jay Howard Driver Development 1:17.6488 0.3875 29
12 27 Colin Kaminsky Pabst Racing 1:17.8120 0.5507 25
13 7 Cameron Shields DEForce Racing 1:17.8947 0.6334 30
14 40 Jack William Miller Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 1:18.0338 0.7725 31
15 51 Jacob Abel Abel Motorsports 1:18.0817 0.8204 31
16 3 James Roe Turn 3 Motorsport 1:18.2195 0.9582 28
17 20 Flinn Lazier Legacy Autosport 1:18.8786 1.6173 27