Herta takes pole for 1st Lights race in Toronto (Update)

Bryan Herta
Bryan Herta

UPDATE Polesitter Herta sustained a fracture at the base of his thumb when he crashed at the end of qualifying, however, he is cleared to drive.

07/14/18 Colton Herta, son of IndyCar team owner and former driver Bryan Herta, has won the pole position for the first Indy Lights race on the streets of Toronto Saturday morning.

Last week's Indy Lights winner Patricio O'Ward from Mexico was 2nd quick 0.22sec behind the American and had an almost identical lap time to Santi Urrutia.

Race 1 Lineup

POS DRIVER NO. TIME BEHIND GAP LAPS
1 Colton Herta 98 01:03.6848 –.—- –.—- 23
2 Patricio O'Ward 27 01:03.9084 0.2236 0.2236 23
3 Santi Urrutia 5 01:03.9090 0.2242 0.0006 24
4 Aaron Telitz 9 01:04.0519 0.3671 0.1429 21
5 Victor Franzoni 23 01:04.2924 0.6076 0.2405 23
6 Ryan Norman 48 01:04.3793 0.6945 0.0869 21
7 Dalton Kellett 28 01:04.6394 0.9546 0.2601 24