It was an fascinating and prolonged night at Nashville Superspeedway as rain delayed the working of the 60-minute closing observe by two hours, and with the condensed schedule that remained, drivers put in work to use rubber to the second lane and moved right into a shortened 15-minute outing.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon was quickest within the No. 9 Honda with a lap of 195.621mph and had Meyer Shank Racing’s David Malukas behind him within the No. 66 Honda (194.087mph) and Andretti World’s Colton Herta in third with the No. 26 Honda (193.879mph).
The fast run was outstanding in two methods. Polesitter Kyle Kirkwood crashed with lower than three minutes to go when a supposed suspension failure occurred.
“I’m all good. One thing broke,” he mentioned.
The opposite was the absence of time for groups to correctly benchmark the longevity of Firestone’s new alternate tires, which had been used sparingly in earlier classes. Because of this, few of the 27 entries will head into the championship-deciding closing race on Sunday with an actual understanding of how lengthy the alternate tires will final per stint, and which aerodynamic or suspension settings will work greatest for each the first compound and the alternate.
As such, the 206-lap race, which works inexperienced at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC, can have a larger wildcard ingredient than anticipated.
