{"id":6954,"date":"2024-04-23T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2024-04-23T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:09:09","slug":"meyer-shank-racing-carries-long-beach-momentum-to-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/23\/meyer-shank-racing-carries-long-beach-momentum-to-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Shank Racing Carries Long Beach Momentum To Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pataskala, Ohio (23 April 2024) \u2013 The last thing a hot team wants is a break in the schedule, and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES calendar complied as Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) heads to Alabama following a successful weekend where the team earned its first-ever INDYCAR pole and another top-10 finish to start the young season.
\nFelix Rosenqvist (No. 60 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM Honda) etched himself in MSR lore last Saturday when he paced qualifying at Long Beach, before finishing ninth in the race, marking the first time in its 123 series\u2019 starts that the MSR colors led the field to the green flag.
\nThis week the pairing of Rosenqvist and Tom Blomqvist (No. 66 AutoNation \/ Arctic Wolf Honda) will trade the narrow streets of Long Beach to the relatively wide-open spaces of Barber Motorsports Park, for Sunday\u2019s Children\u2019s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix (1:00pm ET, NBC, SiriusXM Ch. 218).<\/p>\n

Rosenqvist has started his MSR career in style, qualifying on the front row in St. Petersburg, then leading his qualifying session at the exhibition event at The Thermal Club before taking the NTT P1 Award last weekend at Long Beach.
\nBlomqvist has continued to show improvement in his rookie campaign, again setting a new personal best last week by starting 15th<\/sup>\u00a0before coming home in 22nd<\/sup>.
\nThe 17-turn Alabama road course has never been an easy one for MSR as the team has yet to start or finish in the top 10 on the 2.3-mile circuit. Simon Pagenaud made up 13 positions to finish 11th<\/sup>\u00a0in 2022, which matched Jack Harvey\u2019s team best in .\u00a0 Rosenqvist, who is seventh in the 2024 series\u2019 standings, has shown his ability to learn at Barber as he set a new personal mark by finishing ninth there a year ago, the best result in his four previous starts.
\nAlthough Blomqvist will be making his first career start at Barber, he is heading into the weekend with a Barber test session under his belt. Barber will be Blomqvist\u2019s fourth new track since making his series debut last year in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s Children\u2019s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix will air on NBC and Peacock starting at 1 p.m. ET. Saturday\u2019s qualifying will be shown live on Peacock beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET. SiriusXM will also host live IndyCar Radio coverage of both sessions on XM Ch. 218.
\nMeyer Shank Racing Driver Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Felix Rosenqvist:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe tested there a couple of weeks ago, which is helpful. It\u2019s good to have that under your belt going into the race weekend where most of the teams haven\u2019t. I still think it\u2019s a track that we pointed out that we want to work on. I feel pretty good about it, I\u2019m not 100% that our package will be as strong as it was here, but I think we have a good baseline to work with. First road course of the season and I\u2019m excited to see how the car is going to feel.\u201d
\nTom Blomqvist:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThere\u2019s no better way to put a bad weekend behind you then getting thrown into another one. I\u2019m really excited that we can roll straight into Barber. I\u2019ve tested there in IndyCar, so it\u2019s the first track that I\u2019ve come into with some limited IndyCar experience which I am excited about; although it is a challenging, big commitment track. I actually really enjoyed driving there. Let\u2019s see if we can continue to make those small steps in the right direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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