Today’s schedule:

Festival Gate Hours: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM 

Time	Series	Session
8:00 AM – 8:20 AM	Porsche Sprint Challenge	Qualifying
8:35 AM – 9:15 AM	Indy Lights	Practice 2
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM	NTT INDYCAR SERIES	Practice 2 Peacock
10:45 AM – 11:25 AM	USF 2000	Race 2
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM	Indy Pro 2000	Race 1
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM	Porsche Sprint Challenge	Race 1
1:45 PM – 2:05 PM	Indy Lights	Qualifying
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM	NTT INDYCAR SERIES	Qualifying Peacock
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM	Stadium Super Trucks	Race 1
5:00 PM – 5:40 PM	USF2000	Race 3
5:55 PM – 6:40 PM	Indy Pro 2000	Race 2
After Dusk	Fireworks

Today is arguably the most crucial day of the weekend for drivers hoping for a good race result. Mid Ohio is a track where qualifying usually determines how the race will go. The last three Hnda Indy 200s have been won from the pole. Drivers I talked to yesterday agreed that qualifying is critical.

From last night- https://thepitwindow.blog/2022/07/01/mid-ohio-practice-1-newgarden-leads-a-very-hot-session/

Today’s forecast has temperatures in the low eighties for qualifying, about 10 degrees cooler trhan yesterday. Practice leader Josef Newgarden said after practice that the heat caused low grip, which should improve today. newgarden also noted that the new Firestone tire takes longer to come up to temperature.

Notes

The top 19 cars were withiun a secomd of each other in practice Friday.

The 11 and 14 cars for . A. J. Foyt Racing are easier to distinguish this weekend. Tatiana Calderon’s number 11 has a white band across the top of the aeroscreen and a white camera pod. kirkwood’s nmber 14 remainms allblack with a yellow green camera pod.

It is difficult to finsd Marcus Ericsson on track since he is in a green and black car this weekend.

I’ll have more after In get to the track.