The turnaround of the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team since May has been nothing short of amazing-two poles, one win, five Fast Six appearances, five top 10 finishes.

The first three rows are comprised of teammates. Graham Rahal and Christian Lundgaard -RLL in row 1, Alexander Rossi and Pato O’Ward – McLaren in row 2, and Devlin DeFrancesco and Romain Grosjean -Andretti in row 3.

DeFDrancesco and Grosjean needed a strong showing as their jobs are likely on the line. They need to have a strong race as well.

Linus Lundqvist will start 14th Saturday, a little behind where he rolled off in Nashville. He continues to impress.

Jack Harvey’s eighth place qualifying run, one of his best this season, will be negated by a six place grid penalty.

Alex Palou starts ninth, which as we have seen doesn’t matter. He still starts 11 spots ahead of Josef Newgarden.

I found it odd to see a fast Six without a Ganassi or a Penske car in it. It took me a minute to realize the Fast Six had started.

I will have the official starting lineup and tire selections in the morning. I wll also have a story on the Mayer Shank news announced today. It wasn’t completely what I expected.