Round 20 of Indianapolis

Heading into the Round of Indianapolis, the goal of winning has never been as high since leaving Daytona as it has been coming into this race weekend. Teams have been preparing the perfect car for this weekend's on track activities for months now in preparation to try and win at one of the Sony Cup Series' most prestigious circuits. Indy serves as one of the Triple Crown races that teams and drivers circle as a "Must Win" at before leaving the series. The goal is simple, win this race or leave knowing you put it all on the line. No holding back. This is the Indy 250 and it's show time.





Starting Grid for Indianapolis

Sony Pole Award: Ryan Griffin

Q3

1. #11 Ryan Griffin
2. #99 Matthew Rodriguez
3. #5 Jordan Davis
4. #17 Jesse Turner
5. #6 Dom Caps
6. #97 Jake Baskinger
7. #45 Ryan Acsota
8. #43 Andreas Allen
9. #19 D.J. Kurtis
10. #1 Steven Jenkins
11. #55 Levi Pascoe
12. #15 Chris Dodd


Q2

13. #48 Nick Mace
14. #92 Jeffery Finguy
15. #31 Sean Harple
16. #76 William Brock
17. #94 Caleb Hoffman
18. #27 Carson Scott
19. #13 Zaedin Davidson
20. #77 Casey Lester
21. #8 Dylan Schwallenberg
22. #44 Jeffery Lynn
23. #78 Matt Daleo
24. #98 Bobby Jones


Q1

25. #3 PJ Williams
26. #28 James Silverfox
27. #38 Dajon Weeks
28. #88 Dillon Young
29. #4 Luis Hernandez
30. #24 Charles Sandfer
31. #41 Kyle Collins
32. #25 Luke Martin
33. #95 Eric Burton
34. #10 TJ Martin
35. #9 Hayden Kline
36. #81 Nick Pericles
37. #96 Garrett Sydnor
38. #03 Charlie Smith
39. #2 Jordan Fisher
40. #32 Stephen Pollard III
41. #34 Aidan Shepherd
42. #21 Scott Roush

Did Not Qualify

43. #22 Zachary Fitzwater
44. #26 Josh Crash
45. #07 James Shelly

No Fitzy in the race how heartbreaking.

JJRacer89 wrote:No Fitzy in the race how heartbreaking.

Consecutive starts streak since 2016 ends. DNS this race last year and DNQED this year is heartbreaking

Bobby: Im happy that we are starting 24th in the race. It shows that we are improving on the big tracks. Hopefully we can finish in the top 20 without incidents.

Final Practice Speeds

1	5	Jordan Davis	44.284
2	11	Ryan Griffin	44.326
3	1	Steven Jenkins	44.335
4	6	Dom Caps	44.336
5	38	Dajon Weeks	44.342
6	10	TJ Martin	44.344
7	97	Jake Baskinger	44.364
8	99	Matt Rodriguez	44.371
9	88	Dillon Young	44.440
10	3	PJ Williams	44.441
11	19	D.J. Kurtis	44.463
12	48	Nick Mace	44.467
13	17	Jesse Turner	44.494
14	95	Eric Burton	44.500
15	27	Carson Scott	44.511
16	15	Chris Dodd	44.512
17	55	Levi Pascoe	44.525
18	44	Jeffery Lynn	44.525
19	45	Ryan Acosta	44.526
20	41	Kyle Collins	44.528
21	28	James Silverfox	44.537
22	92	Jeffery Finguy	44.541
23	43	Andreas Allen	44.544
24	31	Sean Harple	44.546
25	13	Zaedin Davidson	44.607
26	8	D Schwallenberg	44.641
27	96	Garrett Sydnor	44.650
28	25	Luke Martin	44.696
29	98	Bobby Jones	44.697
30	77	Casey Lester	44.699
31	78	Matt Daleo	44.706
32	24	Charles Sandfer	44.715
33	2	Jordan Fisher	44.716
34	94	Caleb Hoffman	44.730
35	76	William Brock	44.731
36	32	S Pollard III	44.764
37	81	Nick Pericles	44.771
38	03	Charlie Smith	44.803
39	21	Scott Roush	44.821
40	34	Aidan Shepherd	44.843
41	4	Luis Hernandez	44.854
42	9	Hayden Kline	45.007

Welcome to death race: SCS...

f1fan wrote:Welcome to death race: SCS...

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what we call visual irony.

Spoiler:

D. Kurtis: "We had good speed in qualifying, and our race pace was good. I took it rather nice and easy, but I got slammed into the wall by Matt Daleo. Absolutely disgusting from the #78. For a former teammate I would think he would know better, but him getting kicked out of multiple rides doesn't really help his case. We lost some valuable points out there today due to his actions, but at the end of the day, it's racing. I'm just disappointed in how the season has been as of recent, just things happen out of my control. I also want to apologize for the incident with Bobby Jones, that is 100% my fault and I'll take responsibility for it. Onto next week though, I think things will pan out much better there! I also want to give a quick shoutout to TJ Martin, he ran a phenomenal race! Kid's got a future for sure!"

J. Kurtis: "Our cars were alright throughout the race. Hernandez just got swept up in situations that he couldn't control, and Schwallenberg ran a clean race out there. Good on him! He may have not gotten a Rookie point, but a top 15 is good progress nonetheless!"

Bobby: Man, i was hoping we could finish in the top 20 in this race since we had a good qualifying run. But that wreck under caution kind of killed us. But it is great to finish 25th with a damaged car. it was a fight to keep from falling back. Hopefully we can do great at Iowa Speedway next week, i feel that Hero Motorsports has improved so far on the road courses and short tracks during the second half of this season.

Got 3rd place. What a fierce battle between the two sophomores directly in front of me. Hoping they would wear each other out and I could catch them but they both did a good job.