Late Race Challenges Spoil Marco’s Pace in Texas

 

GENESYS 300 AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
CHASING THE CHECKERS.
After a three-month delay due to the global COVID-19 health crisis, the 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship is finally underway. An adapted Round 1 of competition took the field of 24 to the land of No Limits, for the Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. The one-day show saw practice, qualifying and a 200-lap main event all in one day under the blazing Texas sun.

The race took place without spectators and with limited crew members on a hot night in Fort Worth, Texas. The No. 98 U.S. Concrete / Curb Honda of Marco Andretti ran in the top five throughout Saturday’s practice, with his fastest lap time of 214.264mph. Andretti went on the qualify 11th for the Genesys 300 and was poised for a top 10 before the team experiences a few bumps in the pits and lost ground in the track position race.

No. 98 U.S. CONCRETE / CURB HONDA
START FINISH STANDING / POINTS
11 14 14 / 16
“Glad to get the season started for the 98 U.S. Concrete / Curb team. The car overall felt good today, we were able to make the adjustments we needed to in practice and had decent qualifying – but the race didn’t go our way. This was a track position race and we moved back with a couple of pit stops when we needed to move forward. With those and fighting through traffic, we didn’t end where we had wanted.”

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