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\n ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) \u2014 Linus Lundqvist called it one of the craziest rounds of qualifying he\u2019d ever encountered.And it gave the 25-year-old Swede one of the biggest highlights of his rookie season with IndyCar.Lundqvist earned his first career pole on a rainy Saturday at Road America after posting a lap of 1 minute, 45.1519 seconds on the 14-turn, 4.014-mile road course. He\u2019s the first rookie to win a pole since Romain Grosjean in the Indianapolis Grand Prix in May 2021.\u201cGrowing up in Sweden, half the races we did were in the rain,\u201d Lundqvist said. \u201cI\u2019m pretty comfortable there.\u201dIt\u2019s a step forward for the Chip Ganassi Racing driver, whose only career IndyCar top-10 finish was a third on April 28 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.Lundqvist has finished outside the top 20 in three races since. \u201cThe month of May was kind of rough for us,\u201d Lundqvist said. \u201cI kind of came in wanting to rebuild my confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before this weekend, Lundqvist\u2019s best starting position in IndyCar was 17th.Andretti Global\u2019s Colton Herta, who had the pole at Road America last year, will start second this time. Rounding out the top five qualifiers were Chip Ganassi Racing\u2019s Marcus Armstrong, Vasser Sullivan Racing\u2019s Kyle Kirkwood and Team Penske\u2019s Will Power.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no rain in Sunday\u2019s forecast, which would be a contrast from the unpredictable conditions that affected Saturday\u2019s qualifying. Late in the final qualifying session, Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden spun off track and crashed the side of his Chevrolet into the barrier on Turn 2.<\/p>\n
Newgarden visited the IndyCar medical unit before getting released.A steady downpour led to four red flags during Saturday morning\u2019s practice session, with Alex Palou, Pietro Fittipaldi and Kyle Kirkwood going off course. Palou caused a second red flag when he was stopped on course at Turn 1.The rain slowed down a bit by the time qualifying began in the afternoon, but the track remained wet, making it it difficult for drivers. It started getting drier as the afternoon wore on.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably one of the \u2014 if not the \u2014 most difficult qualifying sessions for me in IndyCar so far,\u201d Herta said. \u201cJust a lot of unknowns. Unknowns of what to do with the tires, where to brake, what the line is, how many laps. So very difficult.\u201dDIXON LEADS POINTS RACEScott Dixon entered Sunday with an 18-point lead over Palou, his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, in the standings. He is seeking his seventh IndyCar championship, which would match A.J. Foyt\u2019s record.\u201cI\u2019m honestly just focusing on this weekend,\u201d Dixon said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see where it goes later in the year.\u201dDixon overtook Palou for the lead by winning the Detroit Grand Prix last weekend to become the first driver with multiple victories this season. Going back to last season, Dixon has won five of the last 10 IndyCar races.Palou was 16th in Detroit, the first time he had finished lower than eighth since he was 12th at Portland in September 2022. Palou won at Road America last year and went on to capture the points title.Palou qualified seventh and Dixon 10th for Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n
CANAPINO\u2019S EXIT, SIEGEL\u2019S CHANCERookie Nolan Siegel will be driving for Juncos Hollinger Racing in place of Agust\u00edn Canapino, who is taking a leave of absence from IndyCar. Juncos Hollinger announced the move Friday after Canapino cast doubt on rival driver Th\u00e9o Pourchaire\u2019s reports of receiving death threats online from Canapino fans earlier in the week over an on-track incident between the two at Detroit.The firestorm caused Arrow McLaren Racing to terminate its technical and marketing relationship with JHR. Pourchaire is the reigning F2 champion recently hired by McLaren.Pato O\u2019Ward, also with Arrow McLaren, said this week that Pourchaire remains in good spirits.\u201cSame \u2018Teddy Porkchop\u2019 that I knew a few weeks ago,\u201d O\u2019Ward said. \u201cHe\u2019s a cool guy.\u201dSiegel\u2019s opportunity to race at the IndyCar level this weekend prompted the 19-year-old to withdraw from Sunday\u2019s Indy NXT event. Kiko Porto will be racing in Siegel\u2019s place.LONGER STAY IN WISCONSINMany of the drivers competing this weekend will remain in Wisconsin for a couple days afterward to participate in open testing Tuesday for the Milwaukee Mile, a one-mile oval at Wisconsin State Fair Park that hosts an IndyCar doubleheader on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.<\/p>\n
That doubleheader will mark IndyCar\u2019s first event at the 121-year-old track since 2015.ANOTHER NEW WINNER?Sunday marks the seventh of 17 races on IndyCar\u2019s 2024 schedule, and there already have been five winners: Dixon ( Long Beach and Detroit), O\u2019Ward ( St. Petersburg ), Scott McLaughlin ( Birmingham ), Palou ( Indy Grand Prix ) and Newgarden (Indy 500).The record number of winners in a season is 11, which happened in 2000, 2001 and 2014.___AP auto racing: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/auto-racing<\/p>\n
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