Scott McLaughlin in the No.3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet had a great Turtle Wax Fast Friday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Speaking about the action after setting the fastest speed of 233954MPH he said:
Good day for us in the Pennzoil Yellow Submarine for Fast Friday. Ran two runs in the morning, felt a little tight in the first one, and then fixed the balance for the last and felt really, really good. So trying different strategies with the hybrid, we got an idea what we want to do for tomorrow, for the big day. But yeah, really good to get four good laps in and Yeah, put up a solid run.
Will Power in the No.12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet was sixth fastest with a speed of 231.983MPH and speaking following the action he said:
“We definitely found a direction that we want to take the Verizon Chevy for tomorrow. The conditions out there today were very difficult, much different than they were last year. We feel like we have really fast cars and Chevy horsepower is always what you want here at Indianapolis. We still have to meet and think about what we want to do tomorrow for the morning session. It will be nice to get a good qualifying draw tonight.”
Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden in the No.2 Shell V-Power Nitro+ Team Penske Chevrolet had a tough day ending Turtle Wax Fast Friday in 16th.
So today was definitely tougher conditions. Got through a lot of good work with all three cars in various conditions. Tomorrow is going to be quite different. So, you know, contrasting weather between Friday and Saturday, but I think we’ve got enough information to try and make the best decision possible for tomorrow, feeling really confident with what Team Chevy’s brought us and excited to hopefully be in the shootout on Sunday.”