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NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying Report - PortlandSeptember 3, 2023TRACK: PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
After experimenting with setups on Friday afternoon, Team Penske started the day showing the speed that resulted in three top-10 finishes at PIR in 2022, including McLaughlin's dominating win. McLaughlin finished with the quickest speed of the session in the No. 3 Freightliner Chevy, with Josef Newgarden just behind in the No. 2 Hitachi Chevy. Will Power just missed out on the top 10 in the No. 12 Verizon 5G Chevy. Qualifying proved to be a bit more dramatic after all three drivers placed their Chevrolets into the second round. In that round both, Newgarden and Power were involved in incidents that kept them from transferring to the Firestone Fast Six, with Newgarden's resulting in a heavily damaged Chevy. McLaughlin, however, finished with an all-important front-row starting position, rolling off from the second position tomorrow. Power will start seventh and Newgarden 12th. WHAT THEY SAID - "We have a really good Freightliner Chevy. We basically went back to something very close to our setup from last year, which worked out well. Graham (Rahal) just put down an amazing lap so congrats to him. I feel very good going into the race tomorrow and we'll see what happens."- Scott McLaughlin WHAT'S NEXT - Coverage of the BITNILE.com Grand Prix of Portland begins tomorrow at 3:00 pm ET on NBC, Peacock, Sirius XM Channel 209 and INDYCAR Radio Back to previous page.Copyright ©2008-2016 Penske Racing. All rights reserved |