Josef Newgarden in the No.2 Shell Chevrolet for Team Penske was very happy with his car following the opening day of practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday.
Speaking following the on track activity the Tennessee native said:
“Felt really good in the No. 2 car. I think most of us here at Team Penske were really happy with the progress we made. It was a good, clean day all six hours which was welcome after yesterday’s rain. Feeling good, confident in the Shell car. Just need to keep it up. This weekend, we’re really going to find out where we’re at. A lot of work to do, but stay tuned with us.”
Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Chevrolet at Team Penske was really happy to be back on the IMS oval as the New Zealander prepares for his third Indianapolis 500.
“Awesome to get back on track in the Pennzoil Chevy. The yellow sub is always a crowd favorite, but yeah, really good day for us. We ticked a lot of boxes. Don’t know where we are speed-wise right now, but every time we wanted to do some speed, we managed to do a reasonable time. It feels nice. We’ll see what we’ve got for the rest of the week.”
Will Power, No. 12 Chevrolet at Team Penske was happy with the progress that the team made over the course of the day saying:
“We got through a bunch of stuff early in the session, working on qualifying configurations. We felt really happy about that. We got three good race runs in after that and the Verizon Chevy was really good. It’s the first day and we have a lot more on our list to work through, but it’s hard to say this wasn’t a good first day here at Indy.”