Josef Newgarden won the pole position Saturday for the opening race of a weekend doubleheader at Road America, with IndyCar welcoming fans to its races for the first time this season.
Newgarden, a Chevy driver and member of Team Penske, had a time of 1 minute, 45.5191 seconds on a course that is slightly more than 4 miles and includes 14 turns. Newgarden, whose speed was 136.946 mph, also earned the pole at Road America in 2018 and went on to win that race.Jack Harvey will start in the second position for the second straight race and will try to improve upon his 17th-place finish from last weekend at Indianapolis. Harvey had a time of 1:45.7290.
Newgarden ranks third in the points standings as he chases leader Scott Dixon, who is seeking his third straight IndyCar victory to start the season. Dixon was ninth in qualifying. The series is treating each event separately, guided by local and state regulations. Road America’s sprawling, 640-acre layout surrounding the course allows fans to practice social distancing and roam the property rather than crowding into a grandstand.
Steve Lemon, a fan from Kankakee, Illinois, who usually attends about three races a year, said that “if it had been an oval, we wouldn’t have gone.”Wearing a mask was encouraged but not required, and a stroll through along the Road America property indicated the majority of spectators were spending at least part of the time unmasked.
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