Meyer Shank Duo Finds Home Cooking in Warmup; Race at 1 P.M. ET
5 HOURS AGO
Felix Rosenqvist and Marcus Armstrong produced a 1-2 result atop the time sheets for Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian in the final warmup Sunday morning for The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport at the team’s home track.
MSR is based in Pataskala, Ohio, 55 miles south of the 13-turn, 2.258 circuit at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where today’s race will start at 1 p.m. ET (FOX, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network).
SEE: Warmup Results | Starting Lineup/Tire Choice
Rosenqvist, who qualified 16th, led the 25-minute session with a best lap of 1 minute, 6.2285 seconds in the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda featuring a special livery this weekend honoring iconic hard rock singer Ozzy Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath.
Armstrong, who qualified eighth, was second in the warmup at 1:06.5411 in the No. 66 SiriusXM/Root Insurance Honda. NTT P1 Award winner and runaway NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship leader Alex Palou was third at 1:06.5662 in the No. 10 Open AI Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
David Malukas, who qualified 14th, jumped to fourth in the warmup at 1:06.5723 in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet of A.J. Foyt Enterprises. Six-time series champion Scott Dixon, who qualified ninth, rounded out the top five at 1:06.6323 in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
Tire management will play a big role in the 90-lap race, as sunny skies and air temperatures expected to climb to 90 will test the durability of the Firestone Firehawk tires and the stamina of crews and drivers.