Nathan Brown

RT @dfieldsfrye: 😏#MSH/GSD

.@AlexPalou will start tomorrow from pole as he attempts to become the first driver since 2006 (& first driver outside The Split) to win 4 of the 1st 5 races to kickoff a season since the 1970's: https://t.co/wfxqXhQAc5

RT @By_NathanBrown: .@AlexPalou reached 14 wins in @IndyCar at the same age or younger than these drivers with at least 29 wins in their ca…

Yet again. Alex Palou takes pole...by more than 4 tenths. Unstoppable at the moment. Even the NTT Data jinx can't stop him. Graham Rahal will start on the front row beside him, followed by Foster, McLaughlin, DeFrancesco & Newgarden.

The Jay Frye revenge tour a stone's throw away from his old office going pretty, pretty darn well thus far.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing @RLLracing

YES!!!!!! All THREE CARS in the @FirestoneRacing FAST SIX! 🏎️ @GrahamRahal x @FifthThird 🏎️ @DevlinDeFran x #EVTEC 🏎️ @_LouisFoster x @MiJackProducts @IndyCar At @IMS https://t.co/krcmrdYMpg

Championship positions in the Fast 6: 1st, 5th, 11th, 16th, 25th, 26th

Nathan Brown @By_NathanBrown

The impressive run for @RLLracing continues, as all 3 team cars advance to the Fast 6, along with Palou & a pair of Penskes. Fast 6: Palou, Rahal, Foster, DeFrancesco, Newgarden, McLaughlin Out: Power, O'Ward, Rossi, Simpson, Ferrucci, Rosenqvist

The impressive run for @RLLracing continues, as all 3 team cars advance to the Fast 6, along with Palou & a pair of Penskes. Fast 6: Palou, Rahal, Foster, DeFrancesco, Newgarden, McLaughlin Out: Power, O'Ward, Rossi, Simpson, Ferrucci, Rosenqvist

Our Fast 12: -All 3 Penskes -All 3 RLL cars -2 Ganassis -1 McLaren -1 ECR car -1 MSR car -1 Foyt car

Advancing from Group 2: Palou, DeFrancesco, Power, Rahal, McLaughlin, Newgarden Out: Lundgaard, Dixon, Siegel, Ericsson, Daly, VeeKay, Malukas, Shwartzman

Nathan Brown @By_NathanBrown

This is large in part why so many of Palou's challengers struggle to put a serious challenge on him. He finishes 1st in Group 2 to advance. Lundgaard, Dixon among those who just barely miss out. Just so damn consistent, particularly in qualifying which sets him up well for race

This is large in part why so many of Palou's challengers struggle to put a serious challenge on him. He finishes 1st in Group 2 to advance. Lundgaard, Dixon among those who just barely miss out. Just so damn consistent, particularly in qualifying which sets him up well for race

Advancing from Group 1: Pato, Rossi, Rosenqvist, Ferrucci, Foster, Simpson Out: Herta, Armstrong, Robb, Rasmussen, Kirkwood, Ilott, Abel

Nathan Brown @By_NathanBrown

A tough go of it from Andretti Global in Group 1 for qualifying, as both Herta (7th) & Kirkwood (11th) fail to advance to Round 2 and will have some work to do tomorrow to maintain pace with the championship front-runners tomorrow.

A tough go of it from Andretti Global in Group 1 for qualifying, as both Herta (7th) & Kirkwood (11th) fail to advance to Round 2 and will have some work to do tomorrow to maintain pace with the championship front-runners tomorrow.

So far this year, the NTT Data prediction has gone 1-for-8 (only correct answer was Kirkwood's pole at Long Beach). Perhaps we've finally found the answer to keep Palou from winning everything this year. It's yet to pick Palou for a pole or a race win so far this year.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES @IndyCar

Back-to-back poles? 👀 NTT DATA predicts @AlexPalou will extend his championship lead! https://t.co/KAc5IjN58H

Here are qualifying groups for this afternoon, just under 2 hours from now — including an especially deep Group 2 👇🏼 https://t.co/DNtYaO4UgY

.@AlexPalou reached 14 wins in @IndyCar at the same age or younger than these drivers with at least 29 wins in their career: -Foyt -Power -Al Sr. -Bobby Unser -Al Jr. -Dario -Mears -Josef -Helio -PT https://t.co/wfxqXhQAc5

RT @NYeoman: Top 6 during the all skate portion of practice. Field will now be split in half to give teams more clean air to work on qualif…

A reminder as this race weekend gets going: This new tire rule from IndyCar does NOT involve teams making an additional pit stop than they typically would. Seen some incorrect references to that. This is historically a 3-stopper. Having to run 4 specific sets of tires=3 stops.