Ed Jones leads rain-shortened Day 3 at Indianapolis

Ed Jones stood tall in a shortended third day of practice for the 103rd Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.

Rain and thunderstorms brought the seven-hour practice session to an end 90 minutes before the scheduled checkered flag.

Jones, who finished third at Indy in 2017 driving for Dale Coyne Racing, led both the no tow and with tow speed categories with a fastest overall lap of 39.5008 seconds (227.843 mph) in his No. 63 WeatherTech Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing with Scuderia Corsa.

Chasing him were a quartet of Hondas each represented by different teams. 2017 race winner Takuma Sato led the group with the second quickest lap at 39.7002s (226.699 mph). Zach Veach once again carried the Andretti Autosport with the third fastest lap at 39.8107s (226.070 mph).

Sebastien Bourdais cracked the top five for the first time all week by logging the fourth quickest time in his No. 18 Sealmaster Honda for Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan. Colton Herta was the fastest of the seven rookies and rounded out the top five.

Dreyer and Reinbold driver Sage Karam clocked the most laps of any driver at 86 and ended up sixth flanked by Juncos Racing's Kyle Kaiser in seventh.

Spencer Pigot made it two ECR entries in the top ten in eighth as former series champions Scott Dixon and Simon Pagenaud rounded out the top ten.

Tomorrow will see the drivers receive an additional ten kPa of turbocharger boost in preparation for this weekend's qualifying runs. This prompted several drivers to make single car runs while running a low downforce package.

Trailing Jones in that category were the Chevrolets of Pigot , Pagenaud, Will Power and Charlie Kimball.

Mexican rookie Patricio O'Ward walked away from a hard shunt in Turn 2 in the session's second hour.

The 2018 Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire champion was trailing three-time Indy winner Helio Castroneves in Turn 2 when he lost the air off the nose of his No. 31 Carlin Racing Chevrolet. He spun and smacked the Turn 2 wall and lifted off the ground briefly before landing on its wheels.

The 20-year-old walked away from the accident and was cleared to drive the Indiana University Medical Center staff.

Fernando Alonso and McLaren Racing was the only driver not to log a lap as they worked to prepare their backup car for use.