{"id":6361,"date":"2023-08-11T15:49:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=6361"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:49:42","slug":"meyer-shank-racing-posts-top-road-course-qualifying-run-of-2023-at-indianapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/11\/meyer-shank-racing-posts-top-road-course-qualifying-run-of-2023-at-indianapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Shank Racing Posts Top Road Course Qualifying Run of 2023 at Indianapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis, Ind. (11 August 2023) \u2013 Making a second trip back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course this season, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) continued it’s strong run at the 2.439-mile road course during qualifying on Friday.
\nFriday\u2019s qualifying session for the Gallagher Grand Prix saw Helio Castroneves (No. 06 AutoNation \/ Cleveland-Cliffs Honda) and Linus Lundqvist (No. 60 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM Honda) combine\u00a0to post MSR\u2019s best two-car road course qualifying of the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES campaign.
\nJust a few hours after MSR announced Castroneves joining\u00a0the team\u2019s ownership group as a minority partner and continue his Drive for 5 with an Indianapolis 500 only entry in 2024 with MSR, Castroneves went out and led his squad, transferring to the Fast 12.
\nThe four-time Indianapolis 500 champion posted a best time of 1:10.3196-seconds in first round of qualifying to finish fourth in the session and punch his ticket for the 12-car second outing. The Brazilian was in the top four in the 10-minute Fast 12 at the halfway point before settling for a season-best 12th<\/sup> with a time of 1:10.5027-seconds.
\nCompeting in his second weekend as a stand-in for the injured Simon Pagenaud, Lundqvist narrowly missed advancing into the Fast 12 and will start on the inside of the seventh row for Sunday\u2019s race. Lundqvist started an impressive 11th in the previous INDYCAR round in Nashville for MSR and will look to continue that pace on Saturday.
\nAlthough showing pace in qualifying, the No. 06 Honda of Castroneves will receive a six-spot grid penalty for tomorrow\u2019s race for a fifth unapproved engine change following the Nashville weekend.
\nThe Gallagher Grand Prix gets underway at 2:00pm ET on Saturday August 12th with live broadcast coverage on\u00a0USA Network and Peacock. SiriusXM will also host live IndyCar Radio coverage on XM Ch. 160.
\nMeyer Shank Racing Driver Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Helio Castroneves:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think I overcooked the tires on my first flying lap and then when I went out on\u00a0the second lap, the rears weren\u2019t as planted as I needed\u00a0them to be. I don\u2019t know that we had enough for pole, but we may have been able to get into the Fast Six with the car we had today. Overall I feel like we have a very strong chance in the race tomorrow. Unfortunately we have the six place grid penalty for the engine change, but we will work our way back up in the race tomorrow.\u201d
\nLinus Lundqvist:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cVery close qualifying session here at Indy. First of all, I am very happy to be back for my second-ever INDYCAR weekend. There are still plenty of new things for me to learn. The package that we had roll off the trucks was competitive and I think we had it in ourselves to move on to the Fast 12 and maybe even the Fast Six. Unfortunately, we couldn\u2019t put it all together and that\u2019s a little on me, but we\u2019ll tune that for tomorrow. We\u2019ll see what the weather does, but I think we\u2019ll have a fast race car tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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