Once again, Alex Palou turned Barber Motorsports Park into his personal playground by leading practice Saturday morning for the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix. Palou topped the 45-minute session with a best lap of 1 minute, 6.2781 seconds in the No. That’s the quickest lap of the weekend, well ahead of the top lap of 1:06.6610 turned by Scott McLaughlin in practice Friday. “I don’t know if practice results are true, with the traffic and stuff, but I’m happy with the car. Two-time series champion Josef Newgarden was second in practice this morning at 1:06.5133 in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, with Colton Herta rounding out the top five at 1:06.6788 in the No. 8 Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing Honda after ending up fifth in practice Friday.

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