{"id":8434,"date":"2025-07-19T16:28:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=8434"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:28:28","slug":"armstrong-qualifies-third-in-canadian-themed-livery-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/armstrong-qualifies-third-in-canadian-themed-livery-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Armstrong Qualifies Third in Canadian-themed livery in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, Ontario (19 July 2025) &#8211; Marcus Armstrong put the No. 66 SiriusXM Honda third on the grid for Sunday\u2019s Honda Ontario Dealers Indy Toronto (12:00pm ET, FOX, SiriusXM channel 218). MSR teammate, Felix Rosenqvist qualified the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda 17th for Sunday\u2019s 90-lap main event.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong posted his best qualifying result of the season and matched his best career qualifying effort Saturday on the streets of Toronto. The New Zealand-born racer is riding a wave of momentum following his podium run at Iowa Speedway less than a week ago and continued that during Toronto qualifying.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T alignright\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbYRQ897lmJ-yU9fpnCHjAo3fQHlN1S8gcsQI8mBQx9Tv0JBT5mvH4_luLSOfmpXkyompA_f_Jiu_ebs69ULMiziDz1GrJSTXrQ3tsJ68EVCzI2XQqjyg9-C82SdKusBJ3WAgshCRkF3X0aILv3nXYoyHoLMh4vVXU=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/a33ba08d163385b4a77fabf6c\/images\/bca51cf7-ef30-dd97-1b4d-10366b5c8451.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/>Armstrong set the fastest lap time in Group 2 qualifying &#8211; 1:00.098-seconds &#8211; and went on to transfer into the Firestone Fast 6 for the third time this season. After briefly holding the pole position, Armstrong settled into third for Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenqvist, who currently sits sixth in the INDYCAR SERIES championship standings, kicked things off in Group 1 qualifying. Initially starting on new Firestone alternate tires, he pitted midway through the session for a second set of alternates, ultimately posting a lap which put him ninth in Group 1, and 17th on the grid for Sunday\u2019s main event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T alignleft\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NYhfB0jOhGWC7Pt8FvHt7LwIF59eLSEO6iEiLpDZWf8iSg8AhpxYDCbNeyhg03YfWxCx3vHWnQyQcubljkhXAcZPvcOQfe9-Oul6bRX3539m_lYCIlVMYCvguG3Booo-Km0G1kymNh87z0BCTkDShglBF10vkoW-Xk=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/a33ba08d163385b4a77fabf6c\/images\/e0f336b8-fbb9-d844-5061-0dd5403c2d28.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/>Sunday\u2019s Honda Ontario Dealers Indy Toronto will be aired live on Fox starting at noon ET. SiriusXM will host live IndyCar Radio coverage on SiriusXM channel 218.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"il\">Meyer<\/span>\u00a0Shank Racing Driver Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcus Armstrong:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;It was a good day in the office. The lap felt pretty average if I am being brutally honest, so tomorrow could be even better. The race tomorrow is going to be a completely different story compared to qualifying. In Iowa I manifested being on the podium before the race, and that&#8217;s what happened. So, see you on the podium.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Felix Rosenqvist:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;I think everyone can always find a little more, and you can never really do a perfect lap. I honestly thought I did a decent lap. It was one of those where you feel good about the lap, but it wasn&#8217;t good enough. I never really felt super quick, but I thought we would have had enough to transfer. We&#8217;ll just have to dig a little harder for the race tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, Ontario (19 July 2025) &#8211; Marcus Armstrong put the No. 66 SiriusXM Honda third on the grid for Sunday\u2019s Honda Ontario Dealers Indy Toronto (12:00pm<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-meyer-shank-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8436,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434\/revisions\/8436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}