{"id":93751,"date":"2021-04-26T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-pole-for-herta-honda-in-st-petersburg\/"},"modified":"2021-04-28T01:30:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T05:30:58","slug":"primera-posicion-en-la-parrilla-de-salida-para-herta-de-honda-en-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/primera-posicion-en-la-parrilla-de-salida-para-herta-de-honda-en-st-petersburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Pole for Herta, Honda in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnsbt0{\nBORDER-TOP:0pt\n}\n.prnsbr0{\nBORDER-RIGHT:0pt\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prnsbl0{\nBORDER-LEFT:0pt\n}\n.prnsbb0{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:0pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 24, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ <span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> prevailed in a typical fraught NTT INDYCAR SERIES qualifying, edging fellow <span class=\"xn-person\">Jack Harvey<\/span> by just two-tenths of a second to secure an all-Honda front row for Sunday&#8217;s Firestone Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Petersburg<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg5e6eleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg5e6eleft\" title=\"honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo\" style=\"HEIGHT: 54px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/83597\/honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Herta and Harvey were two of the seven Honda drivers to advance through the first round of INDYCAR &#8220;knockout&#8221; qualifying.\u00a0 Behind the lead pair, defending series champion <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Dixon<\/span> will start eighth in his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, with <span class=\"xn-person\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-person\">Graham Rahal<\/span> and Honda Indy Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">Alabama<\/span> race winner <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Palou<\/span> rounding out the top 10 for Honda. Andretti Autosport&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">James Hinchcliffe<\/span> also advanced to second-round qualifying, and will start 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th<\/sup>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Qualifying Results<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable3ce5\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prnsbt0 prnsbr0 prnbcc prnsbb0 prnsbl0\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>1<sup>st<\/sup><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Colton Herta<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Jack Harvey<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Meyer Shank Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">8<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Scott Dixon<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">9<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Graham Rahal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">10<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Alex Palou<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">11<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Alexander Rossi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">12<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">James Hinchcliffe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">13<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Ryan Hunter-Reay<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">15<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Takuma Sato<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">16<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Marcus Ericsson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">18<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Romain Grosjean<b>-R<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">21<sup>st<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Ed Jones<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">23<sup>rd<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Jimmie Johnson<b>-R<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><u>Quotes<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> <\/b>(Andretti Autosport Honda) <b>Pole Qualifier, 1<sup>st<\/sup> NTT INDYCAR SERIES pole of 2021 and 5<sup>th<\/sup> career pole: <\/b>&#8220;I knew [before the start of the race weekend] we had a good race car for here. Just had to get through those two [qualifying] stages nice and clean. Really happy for [my] guys. We&#8217;ve got the best seat in the house [pole] for the start, it&#8217;s been an incredible weekend so far. Can&#8217;t wait to get going again tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jack Harvey<\/span> <\/b>(Meyer Shank Racing Honda<b>) Qualified Second, third career front-row start: <\/b>&#8220;We felt confident coming into this weekend, as we&#8217;re run well here previously. We were strong all day, and happy to share the front row with our &#8216;pseudo teammate&#8217; [<span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span>]. With Colton, with Honda and the Andretti Autosport connection [MSR shares a technical partnership with Andretti Autosport], it&#8217;s a really good day for us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Fast Facts<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Honda claimed the initial lead in the 2021 INDYCAR Manufacturers&#8217; Championship with <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Palou&#8217;s<\/span> victory Sunday at the season-opening Honda Indy Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">Alabama<\/span>. <\/li>\n<li>As a result, Honda holds a 17-point lead in the Manufacturers&#8217; Championship, with 90 points to 73 for rival Chevrolet. The company is seeking its fourth consecutive NTT INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturers&#8217; Championship in 2021. <\/li>\n<li>Palou also takes the early-season lead in the Drivers&#8217; Championship standings, with 53 points to 41 for Team Penske&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Will Power<\/span>. Palou&#8217;s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, defending and six-time INDYCAR champion <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Dixon<\/span>, is third with 35 points. <\/li>\n<li>The 24-car starting field at the Firestone Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Petersburg<\/span> will once again be led to the green flag by the Honda Civic Type R Pace Car. The Civic Type R is the latest in a series of Honda Pace Cars utilized for NTT INDYCAR SERIES competition since 2006. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Where to Watch the Firestone Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Petersburg<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s 100-lap Firestone Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Petersburg<\/span> starts at <span class=\"xn-chron\">12 p.m. EDT<\/span>, with live network television coverage on NBC.\u00a0 Complete, flag-to-flag race coverage also will be available on NBC Peacock, the NBC Sports App and the INDYCAR Radio Network.<\/p>\n<p>Honda Racing social media content and video links from <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Petersburg<\/span> can be found on Instagram (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3140676-1&amp;h=2695215889&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd&amp;a=www.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.instagram.com\/hondaracing_hpd<\/a>), Twitter (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3140676-1&amp;h=4257836775&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD&amp;a=twitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD\" rel=\"nofollow\">twitter.com\/HondaRacing_HPD<\/a>) and Facebook (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3140676-1&amp;h=1157245894&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)&amp;a=www.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/HondaRacingHPD)<\/a>.\u00a0 Additional features and long-form videos can be found on the Honda Racing\/HPD YouTube channel (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3140676-1&amp;h=2160672049&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV)&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV)\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/HondaRacingHPDTV)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Logo: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3140676-1&amp;h=3736802434&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F83597%2Fhonda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F83597%2Fhonda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/83597\/honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Honda Racing\/HPD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 24, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ <span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> prevailed in a typical fraught NTT INDYCAR SERIES qualifying, edging fellow <span class=\"xn-person\">Jack Harvey<\/span> by just two-tenths of a second to secure an all-Honda front row for Sunday&#8217;s Firestone Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Petersburg<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg5e6eleft\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg5e6eleft&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}