Will Power and Josef Newgarden were among the fastest cars in Indianapolis 500 practice Monday, just hours after their teams were penalized for illegal modifications in qualifying, while Team Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin was searching for speed in a car built up following his practice crash .
IndyCar champion Alex Palou paced the two-hour session - the last before Carb Day on Friday, when drivers get on the track one last time before Sunday's race - with a lap of 226.765 mph. Palou was followed by Helio Castroneves and Takuma Sato, and Jack Harvey, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Nolan Siegel were next, raising some eyebrows throughout the paddock.
Power was seventh on the speed chart. Newgarden was eighth.
Power, the 2018 winner, and Newgarden, the two-time defending champion, will start side-by-side in the final row for the 109th running of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." That was among penalties levied by IndyCar on Monday for unapproved changes to the attenuator, a safety device on the rear of the car designed to absorb and reduce the force of impacts.
They also will be without their race strategist, lose their qualifying points and their teams were issued 100,000 fines.