Pato O’Ward Takes Indy Lights Sukup ‘First in the Field’ Award

Pato O’Ward
Pato O’Ward

Pato O’Ward earned the Sukup “First in the Field" Award and his sixth Indy Lights pole of the season by running a two-lap average of 161.669 MPH around The Fastest Short Track on the Planet on Saturday.

O’Ward edged out his Andretti Autosport / Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing teammate Colton Herta for the pole.

“The track temp was a little different [from practice]," O’Ward said, “but all in all it felt pretty close to what the changes what we did in practice were, so I’m happy with that run but I need to make sure I stay there for the race."

The green flag for the Indy Lights Mazda Iowa 100 presented by Cooper Tires is set for 11:15 a.m. CT on Sunday, immediately prior to the Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300.

Results

Pos No Driver Lap1 Lap2 Time Speed
1 27 O'Ward, Pato (R) 19.9162 19.8986 39.8148 161.669
2 98 Herta, Colton 20.0220 19.8371 39.8591 161.489
3 48 Norman, Ryan 20.0657 19.8736 39.9393 161.165
4 28 Kellett, Dalton 20.1134 19.9688 40.0822 160.590
5 5 Urrutia, Santi 20.1208 20.0424 40.1632 160.266
6 9 Telitz, Aaron 20.1147 20.0746 40.1893 160.162
7 23 Franzoni, Victor (R) 20.1679 20.0314 40.1993 160.122