NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying Report - Texas Motor Speedway

March 19, 2022

Track:  Texas Motor Speedway
Race:   XPEL 375
Date:   March 19, 2022

No. 2 PPG Dallara/Chevrolet – Josef Newgarden
First Practice
Position: 14th

Qualifying
Position: 7th

Final Practice
Position: 1st

No. 3 XPEL Dallara/Chevrolet – Scott McLaughlin
First Practice
Position: 5th

Qualifying
Position: 2nd

Final Practice
Position: 16th
 

No. 12 Verizon 5G Dallara/Chevrolet – Will Power
First Practice
Position: 19th

Qualifying
Position: 4th

Final Practice
Position: 19th

Fastest First Practice Time: 23.2376 seconds (No. 60 – Simon Pagenaud)
Fastest Qualifying Time (Two-Lap Total): 46.8906 seconds (No. 7 – Felix Rosenqvist)
Fastest Final Practice Time: 23.2354 seconds (No. 2 – Newgarden)

Team Notes: The second round of the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule brings the first oval race of the year at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). Over the years, Team Penske has amassed 10 wins and nine pole positions at the 1.5-mile oval in Fort Worth. Scott McLaughlin leads the series point standings heading into the TMS weekend following his win in St. Petersburg last month. He continued his solid start to the season with a second-place qualifying run for Sunday’s XPEL 375, driving the yellow and black XPEL colors on his No. 3 Chevrolet. Will Power and the No. 12 Verizon 5G Chevrolet team will start the 248-lap event from the fourth position. Josef Newgarden also captured a top-10 starting spot in the No. 2 PPG Chevrolet as he will start seventh on Sunday. In the final practice session of the day, it was Newgarden, a two-time TMS winner – who led the field with the fastest lap of the day.

Coverage on NBC, Peacock, INDYCAR Radio and Sirius XM Channel 209
Sunday, 12:30 p.m. ET: XPEL 375