• Jack Harvey qualifies second for Meyer Shank Racing in career-best qualifying run  
• Colton Herta, Graham Rahal give Honda three of the top-four qualifying positions
• Championship leader, Texas race winner Scott Dixon qualifies seventh

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (July 3, 2020) – Meyer Shank Racing and driver Jack Harvey led the way for Honda today in qualifying for Saturday’s GMR Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  Harvey, who qualified third and finished third in last year’s event on the IMS road course, ran one better today in posting the second-quickest lap in the final round of NTT INDYCAR Series “knockout” qualifying.  He will start on the outside of the front row in tomorrow’s 80-lap race.

Another of INDYCAR’s “young guns”, Colton Herta, will start third for Andretti Harding Autosport; with veteran Honda racer Graham Rahal alongside in fourth.  Scott Dixon, winner of the season-opening race last month at Texas Motor Speedway, will start seventh after a last-minute setup change failed to deliver the expected result; with his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Felix Rosenqvist qualifying ninth.

Saturday’s GMR Grand Prix starts at 12 p.m. EDT, with live network television coverage on NBC.

Jack Harvey (Meyer Shank Racing Honda) second-fastest qualifier, best INDYCAR career qualifying result; finished third in last year’s race: “Everyone at Meyer Shank Racing has been working their butts off to be competitive and I thought we were pretty good in practice. So I thought [in advance] that we were going to be good, and the car was excellent.  We’re on the front row [of the starting field], which we haven’t done before.  So we’re just really happy.  We’ve had really great straight-line speed with Honda and clearly we’ve got pace. We’re good on ‘Reds’ [Firestone alternate tires], and we’re good on ‘Blacks’ [primary tires] too. Hoping for a great race tomorrow and a successful result.”

NTT INDYCAR SERIES GMR Grand Prix

Circuit:       Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.439-mile road course) Indianapolis, IN

2019 Winner: Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske) 103.254 mph average

Weather:     Mostly sunny, hot, 91 degrees F

Top 12 Qualifying Results:

Ps.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Best Time	Notes
1.	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1:10.1779	125.116 mph average
2.	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	1:10.3653	+0.1874 seconds
3.	Colton Herta	Andretti Harding Autosport	Honda	1:10.5197	Fast Six final qualifying
4.	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda	1:10.5844	Fast Six final qualifying
5.	Oliver Askew-R	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	1:10.8504	Fast Six final qualifying
6.	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	No time	Fast Six final qualifying
7.	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:10.1990	2nd round qualifying
8.	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	1:10.2169	2nd round qualifying
9.	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:10.2310	2nd round qualifying
10.	Max Chilton	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	1:10.3055	2nd round qualifying
11.	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	1:10.3426	2nd round qualifying
12.	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	1:10.5764	2nd round qualifying

Other Honda Results

14.	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:10.6287	1st round, group 2
15.	Santino Ferrucci	DCR with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	1:10.7902	1st round, group 1
16.	Spencer Pigot	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda	1:10.6350	1st round, group 2
17.	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda	1:10.8853	1st round, group 1
19.	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Honda	1:11.1478	1st round, group 1
21.	Alex Palou-R	DCR with Team Goh	Honda	1:11.1815	1st round, group 1
22.	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	1:11.2762	1st round, group 2
25.	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport	Honda	1:13.0513	1st round, group 1