Via two races of the NTT IndyCar Collection season and Meyer Shank Racing has sneakily had an enormous uptick in efficiency in comparison with final season.
Final yr, anchor driver Felix Rosenqvist kicked off the yr robust with 4 straight top-10 finishes, nonetheless, fell to twelfth within the standings by season’s finish.
Now with a brand new teammate in 2023 rookie of the yr Marcus Armstrong and the duo have racked up a strong quantity of factors by two races.
Each drivers reached the Firestone Quick Six on the season-opening occasion in St. Petersburg, Fla. in addition to final week’s race at California’s Thermal Membership, which is an indication of constant pace.
Armstrong, in his first yr with MSR after competing with Chip Ganassi Racing the final two seasons, endured points and completed twenty fourth in St. Pete however was capable of rebound with a strong seventh-place effort at Thermal, his greatest with MSR so far.
“It was a protracted race, so I actually struggled on used alternates,” Armstrong stated of his race at Themral. “I wasn’t proud of the steadiness of the automobile, however we slowly made changes by the race after which put some new reds on on the finish and we have been fairly fast.
“It’s a disgrace that the used tire runs have been so difficult, however I’m glad that we made up some floor on the finish and completed the place we began.”
Rosenqvist continued his scorching streak with a fifth-place end at Thermal after what he described as a “bizarre one” after 65 laps across the prolonged circuit.
“We actually struggled on the blacks within the first stint,” Rosenqvist stated. “Fortunately we acquired off them fairly fast trigger we struggled after which we simply did the entire race on reds. We have been the alternative on reds, we have been actually good, one of many strongest automobiles I feel. We capitalized on that and picked up a couple of automobiles ultimately and ended P5. I’d say that’s a reasonably good day from P9.
“It was a recreation of persistence, type of simply going a little bit bit slower than you need to, to be fast on the finish. It was a recreation of chess.”
For a group that’s been trying to find consistency in recent times since its breakthrough victory on the Indianapolis 500 in 2021 with Helio Castroneves, the primary two weeks of motion could also be a strong indication of what’s to come back.
