Kyle Kirkwood, driver of the No.27 AutoNation Andretti Autosport Honda, will start Saturday’s GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis on the IMS road course from sixth place after making it into the Firestone Fast 6 who set a time of 1:09.629s.
Speaking following the action, Kirkwood commented saying:
“We made big strides from Practice 2 to qualifying – we feel like we got the No. 27 AutoNation Honda in a little bit of a better a window there. The alternate tires seem to suit us a little bit better especially for getting the one-lap pace. Still yet to know what our race car is going to be like, but we’ll find that out tomorrow in warm-up. Overall, really happy that we were able to make it into the Firestone Fast Six – this is the third Fast Six of the season. I’m quite happy with that and looking forward to tomorrow’s race.”
Colton Herta in the No.26 Gainbridge Honda starts the race from 14th place with a time of 01:09.837s and speaking following the action he commented saying:
“It’s really tight here, especially at this track – you’re fighting for literally thousandths (of a second) and that’s the difference between getting in and out. We were seventh and right there. Unfortunately, just missed it. But I’m proud of the team to be able to rebuild that car so fast. They had the whole rear-end assembly off and put it back together after they found the problem in less than 40 minutes. Very impressive stuff. It was nice to be able to get out for Practice 2, and although we missed the reds, I think we did okay for ourselves. We’ve kind of been chasing it in Practice 2 and a little bit in qualifying, just a little bit off the ball. It seems like our arch nemesis are these qualifying sessions, so we need to get on top of it. I don’t even remember the last time I made a Firestone Fast Six, but I do have a 100% win record from 14th that I need to keep hold of.”
Devlin DeFrancesco in the No.29 Honda starts the race from 15th place with a time of 1:09.867s and speaking following the action he commented saying:
“We made big strides from Practice 2 to qualifying – we feel like we got the No. 27 AutoNation Honda in a little bit of a better a window there. The alternate tires seem to suit us a little bit better especially for getting the one-lap pace. Still yet to know what our race car is going to be like, but we’ll find that out tomorrow in warm-up. Overall, really happy that we were able to make it into the Firestone Fast Six – this is the third Fast Six of the season. I’m quite happy with that and looking forward to tomorrow’s race.”
Romain Grosjean in the No.28 DNSFilter Honda starts the race from P18 and speaking following the action he said:
“We haven’t found the speed that we wanted today so we are going to work tonight. We know that with INDYCAR, everything is about the race, and anything can happen. Hopefully tomorrow we can score some good points, but so far its been a bit of a difficult day for the DNSFilter / DHL Honda.”