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鈥淟ots of things can change,鈥� said Dixon, who is trying to tie Rick Mears’ record with his sixth Indy 500 pole. 鈥淭he Penske teams seem strong, there’s no doubt about that. They’re running some big laps. There can always be some kind of weird twist.鈥�

Dixon was the lone Honda-powered car among the top five Thursday with a best lap of 225.457 mph for Chip Ganassi Racing. Conor Daly was third, on a good day for Arrow McLaren, and Ryan Hunter-Reay was fifth.

鈥淭hey’re two different beasts you’re trying to make go fast, to be fairly honest with you. Just because you have a good traffic car doesn’t mean you鈥檒l have a good qualifying car, and vice versa,鈥� O’Ward said. 鈥淚n traffic, I think we鈥檝e gotten better, but there鈥檚 still a handful of other cars that I believe are a lot stronger than we are, so still work to do.鈥�

Palou turned 112 laps on Thursday, second only to Kyffin Simpson, and had a best lap of 223.456 mph.

Honda was planning to change the engines late Thursday on all of its full-time entries ahead of this weekend’s qualifying.

It will be the second engine change for Dixon, . His initial engine was changed Wednesday night, and Honda plans to send that one back to California to inspect what was wrong with it. Dixon will be penalized for that change at the next race, in Detroit on June 1, while the rest of the Honda engine changes are permitted under Indy 500 rules.

鈥淚 guess we’ll see what tomorrow brings,鈥� Dixon said.

Chevrolet, meanwhile, was not planning to swap out its engines until after qualifying.

Christian Rasmussen, who was eighth on the speed chart, survived a scare with just under two hours left in the six-hour practice session. He spun coming out of Turn 2 right in front of Kyle Larson, but he managed to only brush the wall with the rear wing of the Ed Carpenter Racing entry before getting the car pointed straight again down the backstretch.

鈥淚t’s what happens,鈥� Rasmussen said. 鈥淚t’s obviously not where you want it to be, but I think we have fast cars around here, so it’s still a positive day. I have that out of the way and we move on.鈥�

Larson, the NASCAR Cup Series star, is taking his by trying to run the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte on the same day. Larson turned 61 laps in practice and was feeling more comfortable in the car.

鈥淲e’re getting our car better,鈥� he added. 鈥淭here’s still some room to improve, but overall, a better Thursday than Wednesday.鈥�

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AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer contributed to this report.

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