Andretti Autosport ready to take the green flag in Iowa - Speedway Digest

The green flag dropped at Iowa Speedway today with Mazda Road to Indy and Verizon IndyCar Series drivers getting in two sessions of practice on the 0.894-mile oval. Andretti Autosport’s senior team ended the day overall in P12 – Ryan Hunter-Reay, P13 – Justin Wilson, P14 – Marco Andretti and P17 – Carlos Muñoz.

RYAN HUNTER-REAY NO. 28 DHL HONDA

“We had a pretty good day in the No. 28 DHL. P3 in the first session which was a highlight of the day, and we felt pretty race-y that session. In the second session we got kind of behind on timing, but ended up as top Honda. We feel decent, it’s just going to be tough… right now we just feel like we’re overcoming a deficit even on a perfect lap.”

JUSTIN WILSON NO. 25 ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT HONDA

“I’m really pleased with the way the car feels – it’s driving well, can change lanes and run all over the track. We have to find a little bit more speed, but it’s definitely in the ballpark to be a challenger. Now it’s just a case of putting it all together and get ready for first car out for qualifying and go see what happens.”

                        MARCO ANDRETTI                         NO. 27 SNAPPLE HONDA

“We ended our day pretty good actually. I thought we got the front working well and the rear is good and solid, so I’m pretty pleased with the race car. We haven’t really been focusing on qualifying, which has been a trend for us; I think it’s boded well for us in the races. In my opinion, you have to start mid-pack or forward to not risk going a lap down, but if you have a good car, you should be able to march forward pretty quickly.”

CARLOS MUÑOZ NO. 26 ANDRETTITV / CINSAY HONDA

“For sure another hard day. We just seem off the pace. I think we ended up better than where we started today… we have to do our best tomorrow. Qualifying is what it is, but in the race, you have to have a good car, so we’ll see what we have tomorrow and get past these two tough tracks (Milwaukee and Iowa).”

Live TV coverage of the Iowa Corn 300 qualifying session can be found on NBC Sports Network at 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday, with the live race broadcast immediately following at 8 p.m. ET for a race under the lights. For radio coverage, Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying and races are broadcast live on network affiliates, Sirius 212, XM 209, IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and on the INDYCAR 15 app. Stay up to date on all things Andretti via AndrettiAutosport.com and @FollowAndretti.

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