Colton Herta will start the Honda Indy 200 from the pole tomorrow. He narrowly beat out Graham Rahal on his final lap as time ran out.

Herta decided to go with blacks on his final run, and he nipped Rahal by 0.0432 seconds. The pole is Herta’s second in a rpw as the year of streaks continues. A;ex Palou has won two races in a row going into tomorrow.

Honda Lockout

All six cars in the Firestone Fast Six had Honda power, an unusual happening in this age of competitiveness. Rahal explained that Mid Ohio is an important race for Honda, and they put a lot of effort into this event.

RLL’s Best Day

The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team put all three cars into the second round, and two afvanced to the Fast Six. Jack Harvey will have his second best start of the season rolling off 11th tomorrow.

Christian Lundgaard will start fifth. Rahal, in second, has his best starting spot of the year.

2023 has been a struggle for RLL, but there havs been slow improvement. Today the3y showeed that they are capable of competing.

Arrow McLaren Stumbles

Once again, Arrow Mcaren missed an oppoprtunity to start up front and finally get a win this year.

Pato O’Ward, fastest in Friday practice, ended up off track in round one and will start 25th.

Felix Rosenqvist starts 10th, and Alexander Rossi lines up 13th.

Today’s qualifying was exactly what Indycar qualifying should be. There was a lot of drama and fierce battling to advance.The Fast Six was arguably the best qualifying round of the season. Anyone in the final round coukld have been on pole.

The Starting Lineup