{"id":4496,"date":"2022-05-21T01:31:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T01:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=4496"},"modified":"2022-05-24T01:32:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T01:32:57","slug":"meyer-shank-racing-drivers-qualify-16th-and-27th-for-106th-indianapolis-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/21\/meyer-shank-racing-drivers-qualify-16th-and-27th-for-106th-indianapolis-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Shank Racing Drivers Qualify 16th and 27th for 106th Indianapolis 500"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis, Ind. (21 May 2022) \u2013<\/strong> Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) placed both of its cars in the field as it prepares to defend its Indianapolis 500 victory in the upcoming 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 29th.<\/p>\n

Qualifying first of the two MSR entires, Helio Castroneves placed the No. 06 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM Honda 27th on the grid while Simon Pagenaud qualified the No. 60 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM Honda 16th for the Memorial Day weekend event.<\/p>\n

Running under changing and threatening weather conditions, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Castroneves made a pair of qualifying attempts, winding up 27th with a four-lap average speed of 229.630 mph in the No. 06 MSR Indy Car.\u00a0The morning began with overcast conditions and a cool track. Shortly before Castroneves\u2019 first attempt, the track heated up by 20 degrees.<\/p>\n

With the threat of rain on the radar, Castroneves and the No. 06 crew made quick adjustments following the first qualifying attempt of the day to head right back out to Lane 1 for a second run. Castroneves improved his four-lap average by four mph to finish out the day 27th in the running order.<\/p>\n

\u201cQualifying was going well, but I could see the rears letting go in the first run,\u201d said Castroneves. \u201cIn turn 3 lap 2, I had a huge snap, and I wasn\u2019t going to make it. The car was getting really difficult to run, and unfortunately, I had to bail out. I finished the lap just to finish because who knows what’s going to happen, somebody could crash and we still have some sort of average.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys worked really hard to make some changes to the car back in the garage and we went straight to Lane 1 to try again,\u201d continued Castroneves. \u201cWe improved a bit which was good. I know that we have a really strong racecar so I\u2019m not too worried come race day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pagenaud, who won the 2019 Indianapolis 500 from the pole, will roll off 16th in the No. 60 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM Honda after running a 231.275 mph four-lap average. The team made the decision to head back out on pit lane to be prepared for a potential second qualifying run, but with rain coming down around 2:15pm, the team went back to the garage and took the 16th place qualifying position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found a lot of speed which is making me smile because lap 1 was super fast,\u201d said Pagenaud. \u201cIt’s unfortunate that it’s the luck of the draw and unfortunately, we picked number 30, which is when the sun came out and the track got hot. We couldn’t hold on to the average, but the speed is amazing and is giving me a lot of hope. I think our car\u00a0has a lot more speed to be up the chart, but the guys did a great job on it so for this time of the day I think it’s a great performance.”<\/p>\n

Meyer Shank Racing will be back on track on Monday with a two-hour practice session slated for 1:00-3:00pm.<\/p>\n

Media Contact:\u00a0<\/strong>Maddie Komar
\nmaddie@sundaymanagement.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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