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6 days ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Fighting the wind and the heat of the day, Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s rookie Louis Foster managed to remain cool and drive his No. 45 Droplight/Desnuda Honda to win his first career pole for tomorrow’s Xpel Grand Prix at Road America.¬† His time was 1m.44.5141. Ganassi’s Alex Palou could not compete with Foster’s time and will start second after posting a time of 1m.44.6300. Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood will start third after setting a fast time of 1m 44.8523.

6 days ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Good morning from Road America, where the NTT INDYCAR Series will have Practice 2 this morning and Qualify this afternoon. This will be the hottest weekend at Road America since the series returned to racing here in 2016. The temperatures are expected to reach the low 90s, and with the combined humidity, the heat index is expected to reach 105 degrees today. This will make it difficult for the drivers, who are now partially enclosed with the aeroscreen.

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Andretti Global ace Kyle Kirkwood turned a lap of 1m44.9881s in his #27 Honda to top opening IndyCar practice for the XPEL GP of Road America on Friday afternoon. American Kirkwood, winner of the last two IndyCar races, was 0.1533s faster than Canadian Devlin DeFrancesco on the #30 RLL Honda. Will Power, driving for his job (his contract expires this year) was third quick, in the #12 Penske Chevy, 0.19s behind Kirkwood. Josef Newgarden was 4th in the #2 Penske Chevy, 0.24s behind Kirkwood.

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Good afternoon from the rolling hills in Elkhart Lake, WI, for the ninth round of the NTT INDYCAR Series for the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America. The temperatures are not expected to be favorable this weekend, with highs in the low 80s anticipated this afternoon. The drivers are happy to be racing here this weekend on the longest road course we race on, a 4.014-mile, 14-turn permanent road course.

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Andretti Global driver Kyle Kirkwood (pictured) held off Pato O’Ward and Christian Rasmussen to win his first oval IndyCar race in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Word Wide Technology Raceway. It was Kirkwood’s third IndyCar win of the season and his 4th career win. O’Ward was just 0.5398s behind Kirkwood at the finish. Rasmussen came home third for Ed Carpenter Racing, 0.8896s behind Kirkwood. Scott Dixon, who led 11 laps, was 4th for Chip Ganassi Racing, 4.2s behind Kirkwood’s Honda.