Defending two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden in the No.2 Shell V Power Chevrolet says it has been a pretty solid week so far at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The Tennessee native was the pace setter on day 3 of practice ahead of Turtle Wax Fast Friday.
Newgarden set a fastest speed of 226.632MPH and speaking following the action he said:
Pretty solid week so far. “The team’s been doing a lot of great work. We’ve showed up really prepared. We’re still going through the motions – can’t get ahead of ourselves. We’re excited for Fast Friday.
“It’s going to be quite hot tomorrow, so we’re going to try to work around that and forecast the change going into Saturday and Sunday as the temperature is going fluctuate quite a bit from what we’re going to see on Fast Friday.”
Scott McLaughlin in the yellow submarine had a solid day in the No.3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet rounded out the top ten.
It was a pretty smooth day for me. The last couple of days we’ve run through race settings today and qual today. We’ve already done 20 something laps. I feel really strong and Chevy feels really strong. Playing with the different hybrid settings has been fun.”