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Kirkwood rocks to IndyCar pole; Palou struggles at Nashville
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Kirkwood rocks to IndyCar pole; Palou struggles at Nashville

Motorsports October 30, 2024
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Kyle Kirkwood scorched the sector in IndyCar Sequence qualifying to take pole for the season finale at Nashville Superspeedway.

The 25-year-old Florida native delivered two composed laps within the No. 27 Andretti International Honda with a mean of 201.520mph on the 1.33-mile oval, which was sufficient to knock off Workforce Penske’s Josef Newgarden by 0.0395s. The pole was the second of Kirkwood’s profession, and first on an oval.

“It’s large for our season,” mentioned Kirkwood. “I used to be somewhat upset that we hadn’t bought a pole but this season. This was our last likelihood and we bought it achieved. Tremendous joyful. The No. 27 AutoNation Honda is totally on rails; Honda gave us nice energy.”

Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist managed to qualify third. Workforce Penske’s Will Energy made a constructive begin to his last-gasp championship push by slotting fourth, simply 0.2112s off pole.

The No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet of Santino Ferrucci ended up fifth, with David Malukas sixth in his last race with Meyer Shank Racing, shifting to AJ Foyt Racing in 2025 alongside Ferrucci. 

Bother for the championship chief

Championship chief Alex Palou was the final driver to exit on observe, with the qualifying order being set in reverse of general factors. Throughout his run, there was a noticeable wrestle for tempo in his No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, operating at 199.532 mph to fit fifteenth. Nevertheless, with a nine-place grid penalty for an engine change coming into the weekend, his hopes of hoisting the Astor Cup Trophy will begin from twenty fourth for Sunday’s 206-lap contest. 

“It wasn’t best,” Palou mentioned. “I used to be somewhat extra snug this morning in observe. So, don’t actually know occurred to the No. 10 automobile. We simply should examine and see that, however first lap wasn’t too dangerous. However the second lap was actually, actually dangerous. So yeah, not what we needed or what we’d like however we have to transfer from there tomorrow.”

There was additionally an in depth second for Arrow McLaren’s Alexander Rossi, who was left saving his No. 7 Chevrolet after going over the identical bump in Flip 3 that took out teammate Nolan Siegel in opening observe. Rossi was twentieth by the tip of his laps, however like Siegel, will fall down beginning positions because of a nine-spot grid penalty for an engine change. 

“I don’t know why that’s occurred to 2 of our vehicles,” Rossi mentioned, who’s operating his last race with Arrow McLaren. “… a little bit of a thriller.”

Siegel didn’t run in qualifying and isn’t anticipated to run in last observe because of repairs from his crash firstly of the day.

The one different driver left to endure a nine-spot grid penalty is Workforce Penske’s Scott McLaughlin, who certified ninth.

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