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Christian Lundgaard Wastes Little Time To Reach Top at Road America
INDYCAR Efficiency bred speed for Christian Lundgaard in the second practice for the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMR on Saturday. Lundgaard led the pre-qualifying practice session at 1 minute, 45.3412 seconds in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet despite turning just 10 laps on the 14-turn, 4.014-mile permanent road course. Lundgaard was fifth in the opening practice Friday. SEE: Practice Results 'We decided to go out on new tires in the beginning, and I think the track was potentially a little better,' Lundgaard said. 'Our run plan was to go out and see what we have and try the items we wanted to try and don't necessarily try any more. 'Obviously, the car was fast enough. It got hotter at the end of the session. I think we're looking good for qualifying. We've been fast all weekend.' Air temperatures are expected to climb into the low- to mid-90s in Wisconsin today after reaching the mid-80s Friday. NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship leader Alex Palou climbed to second after ending up ninth Friday, turning a top lap of 1:45.5916 in the No. 10 SOLO Cup Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Reigning Road America winner Will Power continued a steady, fast weekend so far in third at 1:45.6809 in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet. Kyle Kirkwood, quickest Friday, dropped to fourth today at 1:45.7126 in the No. 28 Siemens Honda of Andretti Global. His teammate Colton Herta rounded out the top five at 1:45.7160 in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda. Up next is NTT P1 Award qualifying at 2:30 p.m. ET (FS1, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). The 55-lap race starts at 1:30 p.m. ET Sunday (FOX, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). recommended
Fox Sports
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Josef Newgarden Wastes No Time Climbing to Top in WWTR Practice
INDYCAR Josef Newgarden continued Saturday to show why World Wide Technology Raceway might be his ultimate playground in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Newgarden led the rain-delayed opening practice for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline with a top lap of 178.243 mph in the No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet. Two-time series champion Newgarden has five career victories in nine starts on the 1.25-mile oval just east of St. Louis in Madison, Illinois. SEE: Practice Results 'So far, so good,' Newgarden said. 'I think we'll have a tight battle with a lot of people. It's hard to win these days with how good the competition is. We're working hard for it. Let's get through qualifying first and see how the car is tomorrow night.' Up next today is NTT P1 Award qualifying at 5:30 p.m. ET, followed by a 60-minute final practice starting at 8:15 p.m. ET. Both sessions will be broadcast live on FS2, the FOX Sports app and the INDYCAR Radio Network. The 260-lap race starts at 8 p.m. ET Sunday (FOX, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). Team Penske, which has nine INDYCAR SERIES victories at this track, took the top two spots in the 60-minute session, which started 2.5 hours late due to morning showers. Scott McLaughlin, who has won the pole for the last two races at this track, was second at 178.149 in the No. 3 DEX Imaging Team Penske Chevrolet. David Malukas continued his strong form at WWTR by ending up third at 177.856 in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet of A.J. Foyt Enterprises. Two of Malukas' three career top-three finishes have occurred at this egg-shaped track on the east bank of the Mississippi River. Championship leader Alex Palou was fourth at 177.516 in the No. 10 Ridgeline Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Palou leads second-place Pato O'Ward of Arrow McLaren by 90 points after winning five of the first seven races of the season. O'Ward rounded out the top five at 177.492 in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.
Fox Sports
14-06-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Rain Shuffles Schedule at WWTR; Cars On Track at 2 P.M. ET
INDYCAR Persistent showers have forced the schedule for the INDYCAR weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway to be shuffled, with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES expected on track at 2 p.m. ET with the first practice for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline. The updated schedule at the 1.25-mile oval near St. Louis (all times Eastern, subject to change): 2-3 p.m.: NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice (FS1, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network) 3:15-4 p.m.: INDY NXT by Firestone Practice (FS1, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network) 5:30 p.m.: NTT INDYCAR SERIES NTT P1 Award Qualifying (FS2, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network) 7 p.m..: INDY NXT Qualifying (FS2, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network) 8:15-9:15 p.m.: NTT INDYCAR SERIES Final Practice (FS2, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network) The high-line practice for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES has been canceled. Stay tuned here and at INDYCAR social accounts for updates.
Fox Sports
13-06-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
WWTR Offers Scott McLaughlin Chance To Wipe Away May Memories
INDYCAR The NTT INDYCAR SERIES heads to World Wide Technology Raceway this weekend for its second oval race of the season. Scott McLaughlin will look to complete his first such lap of the year. The Team Penske driver with two career oval wins suffered through a miserable Month of May at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A week before the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, McLaughlin hit the Turn 2 wall, sending his car airborne. The team opted to use a backup car in the race, and he crashed that during a warmup lap. McLaughlin still carries the pain of that errant moment on the front straightaway, and he might always do so given how deep such heartbreak goes in this sport. 'It was one of, if not the lowest points of my career, but it's something I'll learn from,' he said this week. 'I still am a little bit perplexed about what happened in that scenario and how it did. Never sort of done that before in my career. 'Yeah, it was tough. But champions are made from learning from their mistakes. I truly believe we had a really fast car. I feel really strong on ovals. There's nothing to be upset about apart from the fact I felt I sort of wasted a really good opportunity.' McLaughlin added there's nothing left to do but live and learn. 'The sun always rises,' he said. 'You just have got to get on with it.' This weekend's Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline comes at a good time for McLaughlin and his Team Penske teammates. McLaughlin, Will Power and Josef Newgarden are still in search of their first race wins of the season, and this 1.25-mile oval has historically been one of their best. McLaughlin has won the NTT P1 Award for the past two NTT INDYCAR SERIES races at World Wide Technology Raceway, and Power won the two poles prior to that. Newgarden has won four of the past five races at the track and five overall, including last year's, when he held off McLaughlin at the finish. Power won in 2018. McLaughlin hasn't won a race at World Wide Technology Raceway, but he has consistently been in position to do so. In this order, he has finished fourth, third, fifth and second, and he has combined to lead 79 laps, including 67 in last year's race. 'Really excited to get back there,' the driver of the No. 3 DEX Imaging Team Penske Chevrolet said. 'Obviously, it's a track that I've love and I've always gone pretty well at. I go into a place there with a lot of confidence. The way that the season's going for me right now, I need a bit of a rebound here, (to) just get going. The last two events have been pretty tough. 'But all good. We'll just go in there with a lot of confidence and see where it ends up.' The first practice will be held at 11:30 a.m. ET Saturday (FS1, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). Qualifying follows at 3 p.m. ET on the same broadcast outlets, and there will be a final practice at 6:30 p.m. ET. The race is at 8 p.m. Sunday ET on FOX, the FOX Sports app and the INDYCAR Radio Network. Sunday's race will begin a sprint to the Astor Challenge Cup. Ten races remain to crown the series champion, and they will be held on the next 12 weekends. Five of them will be on ovals, which suits McLaughlin just fine. The native of Christchurch, New Zealand, never drove on an oval until the 2021 season, and he immediately took to one of them. He finished second at Texas Motor Speedway in his maiden oval race. He followed that with an eighth-place finish in that weekend's second Texas race and later added a fourth-place finish at World Wide Technology Raceway. McLaughlin has finished in the top six of 15 of his 22 oval races. Now consider that he has made five starts in the '500' and only finished one of them (sixth in 2024). That means his performances at the non-Indy tracks has been astounding: an average finish of 4.8 with a pair of wins, four seconds, three thirds, a fourth and three fifths. McLaughlin said he came into his own on ovals with last year's two wins. With each oval now he feels confident, 'like it's my kettle of fish,' he said. And obviously, he particularly likes World Wide Technology Raceway. 'It's probably the closest (oval) to replicating a road course in some ways,' he said. 'Just fast, sweeping corners in Turns 3 and 4. (Turns 1 and 2 are) tight and twisty. You go down a couple of gears using the brakes a little. 'It's very unusual to use a brake pedal on an oval in INDYCAR -- we do that every lap. I just really enjoy that. I enjoy that style of racing.' Contributing to McLaughlin's current optimism is that he has put the Indy disaster behind him even as he still isn't sure what led to the car getting away from him and slamming the inside wall. 'I've had plenty of low moments in my career, and I've felt like I've come back pretty strong,' he said. 'As long as I try and turn this negative into a positive, that's the main thing. I can't just dwell on that moment.' recommended
Fox Sports
09-06-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
INDY NXT Drivers Preparing for Oval Season Today at Iowa Open Test
INDYCAR Twenty-one INDY NXT by Firestone drivers are testing today at Iowa Speedway, as the oval racing portion of the schedule for the INDYCAR development series is about to begin. Drivers and teams will test until 5 p.m. ET today on the .894-mile oval at Newton, Iowa, with live timing available now at The series' first oval event of the season takes place this Sunday, June 15 at World Wide Technology Raceway, a 1.25-mile circuit in Madison, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. The race will be broadcast live at 4:30 p.m. ET on FS1, the FOX Sports app and the INDYCAR Radio Network. INDY NXT's second oval race of the season is Sunday, July 12 at Iowa Speedway. recommended
