Not surprisingly, four drivers with extensive experience at Barber Motorsports Park led the way during the morning session. Mazda Road To Indy veterans Ed Jones (Carlin), Scott Hargrove (Team Pelfrey), Kyle Kaiser (Juncos Racing) and RC Enerson (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) were joined by series debutante Felix Rosenqvist (Belardi Auto Racing).

All five of the drivers representing five different teams were all within two-tenths of a second of the 1:13.029 lap turned by Jones.

The first half of the three-hour session was run under green-flag conditions, with only a couple of local yellow flag zones for spins. The top five at the half-way point of the session were: Jones, Kaiser, Rosenqvist, Serralles and Urrutia.

It wasn’t long after the half-way point that a succession of red-flags meant the remainder of the session was rather disjointed.

Spins and mechanical issues for Negrao, Piedrahita, Jones and Anderson that necessitated tow-ins made it difficult for drivers to get into a good rhythm.

Teams and drivers each receive two sets of sticker tires for today’s test, and are able to use any carry over tires from previous sessions. In fact, there were a few drivers that spent the majority of the morning on the 2015 spec Cooper Tire.

Because the teams were working on different development items, this morning’s times are not necessary representative of each driver’s ultimate pace.

Here is the session time sheet:

P Name FTime Laps 1 Ed Jones 1:13.029 35 2 Scott Hargrove 1:13.043 45 3 Kyle Kaiser 1:13.137 49 4 RC Enerson 1:13.183 46 5 Felix Rosenqvist 1:13.195 67 6 Andre Negrao 1:13.440 52 7 Santiago Urrutia 1:13.470 45 8 Felix Serralles 1:13.599 37 9 Shelby Blackstock 1:13.688 39 10 Zach Veach 1:13.764 53 11 Dalton Kellett 1:14.027 50 12 Juan Piedrahita 1:14.051 58 13 Scott Anderson 1:14.068 55 14 Dean Stoneman 1:14.095 39 15 Neil Alberico 1:14.301 45 16 Zachary Clamen De Melo 1:14.629 45

The afternoon session begins at 1:30pm and you can follow along at http://www.indylights.com/results/live-timing