Andretti Global’s Marco Andretti in the No.98 Mapei Honda will be part of the last row shoot-out on Sunday for next weekend’s 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge after struggling during the opening day of Indy 500 qualifying.
Andretti is joined in the last row shoot-out by Dale Coyne Racing’s Rinus VeeKay and Jacob Abel. Marcus Armstrong who suffered a huge crash on Saturday morning is also part of the shoot-out in the No.66 Root Insurance Honda for Meyer Shank Racing.
Armstrong spoke after qualifying saying:
“It was a rather large hit but I’m OK. One of my first reactions when I got to the medical unit was that I’m ready to go flat into Turn One again. We have fast cars and I am looking forward to the race. Massive credit to the MSR crew for putting the car together so quickly. We made our two attempts, the first one we didn’t have telemetry and the second we went out with the same exact set up. I said ‘if the car is good enough to do it, then I’m not going to be the reason we can’t.’”