{"id":8425,"date":"2025-07-13T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T20:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=8425"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:25:45","slug":"meyer-shank-racings-marcus-armstrong-earns-first-indycar-podium-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/meyer-shank-racings-marcus-armstrong-earns-first-indycar-podium-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Shank Racing\u2019s Marcus Armstrong Earns First INDYCAR Podium of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newton, Iowa (13 July 2025) \u2013Marcus Armstrong\u00a0<\/strong>(#66 Spectrum Honda) had been one of the most consistent drivers in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES over the last two months, but lamented\u00a0he hadn\u2019t yet scored a big result. The\u00a0Meyer<\/span>\u00a0Shank Racing (MSR) driver solved that issue on a sunny Sunday in Iowa, earning his first podium of the season with a third-place finish in today\u2019s Farm To Finish 275 Presented by Sukup.<\/p>\n

The New Zealand-born driver started 12th<\/sup>\u00a0but partnered a heavy right foot and strong pit stops\u00a0by his MSR crew\u00a0to climb through the field in the 275 laps around the 0.875-mile oval of Iowa Speedway. His first podium finish for MSR was the second of his INDYCAR career and extended a career-high streak of seven\u00a0top-10 finishes.<\/p>\n

The finish highlighted the year\u2019s sixth double top-10 for the Ohio-based team as\u00a0Felix Rosenqvist\u00a0<\/strong>(#60 Sirius XM Honda) came home in seventh place, overcoming a slow mid-race pit stop\u00a0to rebound for his eighth top 10 of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Continuing to build on what is the best season in its INDYCAR SERIES history, MSR scored its second podium result of the year, marking the first time\u00a0the team has scored multiple podium finishes in the Series. Its 17 top-10s extends the\u00a0highwater mark for the team, and both drivers have held top 10 positions in the Series standings for three straight races.<\/p>\n

But while the team was strong today, the Fates played a role. A Lap 177 caution set up a restart with 84 laps to go, which lead to\u00a0some teams trying to make it to the end without a final pit stop. At that point, Armstrong was running a solid P5,\u00a0while a misstep on Pit Lane had dropped Rosenqvist \u2013 who had started second \u2013 to P14.<\/p>\n

But as the hard-charging pace emptied fuel tanks quicker than expected, Armstrong was among a small group that was holding out hope. Armstrong had climbed to second and Rosenqvist was seventh as others pitted when a fortuitous caution flag flew with less than 25 laps left. This pinned most of the field a lap down and allowed\u00a0the leaders to pit for much-needed fuel.<\/p>\n

Armstrong and Rosenqvist battled in tight quarters over the final 11 laps, with Armstrong completing a Honda-powered sweep on the podium, and Rosenqvist finishing\u00a0seventh. The results further entrenched the duo in the top seven of the Championship standings, with Rosenqvist holding sixth and Armstrong improving\u00a0to a season-best seventh.<\/p>\n

The murderous summer stretch of five races in four weeks marches on. The series heads to Canada\u00a0for Sunday\u2019s Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, which takes place on the long-time street course around Exhibition Place. Things start with a 3 p.m. ET practice on Friday, leading into a 2:30 p.m. Saturday qualifying session that can be seen on FS1. Sunday\u2019s race starts at Noon and will be live on FOX as well as on Sirius XM Channel 218.<\/p>\n

Meyer<\/span>\u00a0Shank Racing Driver Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marcus Armstrong:\u00a0<\/strong>“Yeah, we made it happen. I was confident we were going to have a good day because yesterday, we were finding our feet towards the end of the race. We\u2019d been saving fuel for two races now, waiting for a situation like what happened there at the end. So I was very happy when I saw that yellow. But overall,\u00a0Meyer<\/span>\u00a0Shank Racing has done an amazing job and the No. 66 Spectrum Honda crew has done a great job in pit lane. We\u2019re just getting better every single race. I’m gelling with my crew better and better every race. But this Championship is so, so competitive. You need to be on it every single session, every single lap. And we\u2019re getting there\u2026slowly, but we’re getting there.”<\/p>\n

Felix Rosenqvist:<\/strong>\u00a0“Turned out to be a decent points day for us at least. Both days we kind of had big blunders in the pits. Today though we were fast and I feel like I was driving way better, so that was exciting. Good recovery for us at the end and big congrats to Marcus on his first podium with MSR! Hopefully we can keep the momentum rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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