INDIANAPOLIS - John Andretti, nephew of 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti, will be one of more than two dozen drivers hoping to grab one of the remaining 22 spots today in the 33-car lineup for the May 25 race.

He looked like a lock to qualify for his ninth Indy 500 after turning a fast lap of 222.860, good for sixth on Friday's speed chart.

Andretti, along with everyone else, scrambled to get track time in gloomy, cold and windy conditions earlier in the week, so Friday's sunshine and warmer temperatures were a welcome change.

"The weather obviously is nice today, compared with what we've been fighting," said Andretti, who came up with a last-minute Indy ride from owner-driver Marty Roth last weekend.

Eleven drivers qualified last Saturday, the first of four scheduled days of time trials, but Sunday's round was rained out.

Track officials are hoping to fill the lineup today, with Sunday's "Bump Day" expected to see at least a few drivers attempting to knock the slowest qualified cars out of the field.

The forecast for today called for temperatures in the mid-60s with cloudy skies and a 40 percent chance of scattered afternoon thunderstorms.

Thirty-six cars made it onto the track Friday, the last full day of practice this month. And, after drivers completed more than 2,600 laps the previous day without a single incident, there were three crashes on Friday.

Rookies E.J. Viso and Will Power, two of the drivers making the transition to the IRL's IndyCar Series from the defunct Champ Car World Series, hit the wall, as did Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe, last year's fifth-place finisher and the third fastest in Saturday's qualifying. None of the drivers was injured.