O piloto Graham Rahal marcou o melhor tempo na pista icÁ´nica de Watkins Glen, com uma volta espetacular de 1:23.2603s no primeiro treino livre, que deu inicio aos trabalhos do final de semana.
Rank Car Driver Name     Tempo    Diff
1   15 Rahal, Graham    1:23.2603 –.—-
2   98 Rossi, Alexander   1:23.4686 0.2083
3    8 Chilton, Max     1:23.5154 0.2551
4    9 Dixon, Scott     1:23.5485 0.2882
5    5 Hinchcliffe, James  1:23.7734 0.5131
6   20 Pigot, Spencer    1:23.8425 0.5822
7   28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan  1:23.8439 0.5836
8   27 Andretti, Marco   1:23.8742 0.6139
9    2 Newgarden, Josef   1:23.8748 0.6145
10   1 Pagenaud, Simon   1:23.9941 0.7338
11   3 Castroneves, Helio  1:23.9984 0.7381
12   14 Munoz, Carlos    1:24.0889 0.8286
13 Â Â 18 Bourdais, Sebastien 1:24.2050 0.9447
14 Â Â 19 Jones, Ed (R) Â Â Â 1:24.4073 1.1470
15   10 Kanaan, Tony     1:24.5239 1.2636
16   12 Power, Will     1:24.5499 1.2896
17   26 Sato, Takuma     1:24.6339 1.3736
18 Â Â 21 Hildebrand, JR Â Â Â 1:25.1698 1.9095
19   4 Daly, Conor     1:25.2532 1.9929
20 Â Â 7 Harvey, Jack (R) Â Â 1:25.5645 2.3042
21   83 Kimball, Charlie   6:44.2572 5:20.9969