WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

Date: Sunday, September 19th

Round: 15/16

Race laps: 90 laps

Total race distance: 212.61 miles/342.16 km

Length: 2.38 miles/3.60 km

Number of turns: 11

Remaining session start times: 

• Warm Up: Sunday, 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. ET 
• Green Flag: Sunday, 3:30 p.m. ET

TUNE IN:

• Sunday, 3:00 p.m. ET on NBC

Pato O’Ward – No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet

Practice 2: 20th, 1:12.1348 Qualifying: Round 1, Group 1: 3rd, 1:11.2992 Fast 12: 6th, 1:11.0220 Firestone Fast Six: 6th, 1:24.2715 Starting Position: 6th  “Honestly, I’m pleasantly surprised with our result in qualifying today. I’m happy with sixth. It’s a lot better than where we were at in the sessions before qualifying. The team did some good changes to the car and I’m happy with how I executed. We will see what we have for the race tomorrow. We just need to make the car and package better tomorrow during warm up to race against these guys.”

Felix Rosenqvist – No. 7 Vuse Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet Practice 2: 6th, 1:11.4600 Qualifying:Round 1, Group 1: 8th, 1:11.5446 Starting Position: 15th  “We didn’t transfer in Round 1 after missing it by two hundredths of a second. We had a miscalculation on the fuel, so we had to abort our third lap. We couldn’t do three laps which was disappointing. At least we get more red tires than the guys in front so I think that will be a good thing tomorrow. It will be a long race with a lot of tire saving. There seems to be big degradation across all tires. We will keep our heads up and try to do some damage tomorrow.”

Taylor Kiel – President, Arrow McLaren SP

“Great turnaround by the Arrow McLaren SP team to gain speed overnight and give ourselves a shot in qualifying today. Felix narrowly missed out on a transfer position in Round 1 after a fuel miscalculation by the team cost him a third lap in qualifying. It’s unfortunate that he didn’t get a full shot at advancing but he can do a lot in the race tomorrow. Pato fought hard to elevate himself and the No. 5 team to the Firestone Fast Six. Unfortunately a mistake in the corkscrew eliminated our shot at pole, but we are in a great position to fight. Tomorrow’s race will provide many strategies due to aggressive tire wear so it should be a fight to the end. We will continue to work hard overnight to improve our chances at a great result for both Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolets tomorrow.”