Ohoto by Kyle McInnes

Colton Herta edged Josef Newgarden and Will Power for the top spot in Saturday morning’s practice. The session sets the stage for Grand prix of St. petersburg qualifying at 2 pm ET this afternoon.

Herta’s time of 1:00.1 nipped Newgarden by 0.245 seconds with Power 0.277 behind. Power led the middle of the session. Newgarden went to P1 as the final third of the round began, then Herta grabbed the lead with about 10 minutes to go.

I t was a very competitive practice. There was constant track action as teams searched for the best setup for qualifying.

Kyle Kirkwood was running in third when he hit the wall in turn 4,causing damaqge to the right side of the car. His time was still strong enough for seventh place.

Santino Ferrucci never got on track due to a mechanical issue. The team brought the car out to the pits but needed to take the number 14 back to the garage to fix it.

Flash Results:

Although a Honda car lede the session, Chevy cars seemed to dominate. Seven different teams had cars in the top 10.

I will have the qualifying groups up in a bit.