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Fox Sports
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MSR, Felix Rosenqvist Gaining Confidence, Climbing Into Series Elite
INDYCAR For Felix Rosenqvist and Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian, the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season has delivered something valuable: confidence. When confidence is backed by results, that is a powerful thing. With a determined second-place finish in the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMR on June 22, Rosenqvist delivered the fastest race lap and surged from sixth in points into fourth in the championship standings. Rosenqvist trails Chip Ganassi Racing driver and two-time defending series champion Alex Palou by 155 points with eight races remaining in the season. Fourth is the best position Rosenqvist has been this deep into an NTT INDYCAR SERIES season and a clear sign MSR is no longer building – it is competing. 'I feel like we've definitely taken it to the next step,' Rosenqvist said. 'We're sitting pretty good.' Entering the 2024 season, Rosenqvist's first with MSR after spending two years with Chip Ganassi Racing (2019-20) and three at Arrow McLaren (2021-23), few would have predicted this kind of rise. In 2023, MSR's No. 60 Honda finished a distant 25th in the entrant standings. Also, both had produced one career win, Rosenqvist in 2020 at Road America and MSR in the 2021 Indianapolis 500, where Helio Castroneves earned his record-tying fourth victory in the iconic race. But after their first season together in 2024, the No. 60 driven by Rosenqvist catapulted to 12th in points, a leap no other car matched. The positive results continued this season with six top-10 finishes in the first nine races. 'There's some really smart people on the team,' Rosenqvist said. 'I feel like it's a confidence thing, as well. Everyone's just more relaxed. The pit crew is happier. It's just a big confidence boost, and I think that's what's really been missing.' Rosenqvist's Road America podium two weeks ago also didn't come amid smooth sailing but after a turbulent stretch. A sign of improvement. Rosenqvist placed 21st in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear on June 1, a race marred by a wild crash in the closing laps with rookie Louis Foster, which forced a complete rebuild of the car. Then, a 16th-place finish in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline at World Wide Technology Raceway followed on June 15, capping a brutal six weeks of racing that included the gauntlet of the Sonsio Grand Prix and 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500, in addition to the Barber Motorsports Park race weekend that opened May. 'Behind the scenes, we've had a lot of technical stuff going on,' he said. 'We had to split the car apart (after Detroit crash) and build it back together. This stretch had been wearing on the guys. It's hard. This is a really tough championship for everyone.' Last season, a similar midyear slump derailed what began as a promising campaign. After producing six top-10 finishes in the first seven events, Rosenqvist managed one more in the final 11 events. This time, when exhausted and battered, MSR didn't break. It rebounded. In a season dominated by powerhouse duos Chip Ganassi Racing and Andretti Global, which have won all nine races thus far, Meyer Shank Racing's climb into the top five of points is one of many compelling developments. MSR and Rosenqvist proved they can run and belong with the best the sport has to offer. The next step to gain is to become a winner, which Rosenqvist believes he and the team can deliver. 'We're always quick, so it's all about the details,' he said. Maybe that comes in Sunday's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport (1 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a track that carries personal and professional significance to Rosenqvist. Not only is Mid-Ohio the place where Rosenqvist earned his first podium in a photo finish with Scott Dixon as a rookie in 2019, it's also the home track for MSR, which is headquartered in nearby Pataskala, Ohio, approximately 75 miles from the track. 'I love Mid-Ohio,' Rosenqvist said. 'Honestly, Road America and Mid-Ohio are two of my favorites. Mid-Ohio, I had my first podium, and I had my first win at Road America (in 2020). 'I can't wait to go back to Mid-Ohio. I don't just say that because it's like a home race. I literally love that place. A lot of fans come there, the track layout, it's just a really cool race. True race car fans.'
NBC Sports
22-06-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
IMSA Watkins Glen results, points: Acura wins again as Blomqvist saves just enough juice
Stretching his hybrid battery to the aboslute limit when a rival couldn't, Tom Blomqvist took the lead on the last lap to win the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar race at Watkins Glen International. Blomqvist's No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 crossed the finish line with less than 1% of its battery power reamining and finished 1.880 seconds ahed of the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac. The No. 10 WTR Cadillac finished third. 'The guys gave me a target, and we were able to execute,' Blomqvist told NBC Sports' Dave Burns on Peacock. 'The car came alive there. I knew we just needed a bit space. We were able to capitalize on a couple of restarts. The guys did a great strategy and the pace was set to be able to hit those really big fuel targets ,and that's what enabled me to go to the end and the others not. IMSA WATKINS GLEN RESULTS: Click here for overall l By class 'So really proud of everyone. It was an up-and-down race for us. We had a few mistakes here at the beginning, but we made the most of it there at the end, so I'm so happy for the guys. It's been a really tough year. We haven't really had what we believe we deserve.' Earl Bamber had been in the lead on a restart with 3 minutes remaining, but his No. 31 Cadillac finished fifth after being forced to make a pit stop when its battery expired just before taking the white flag. Just before the last restart, Nick Yelloly also had pitted from second in the No. 93 MSR Acura. That had Blomqvist's co-driver, Colin Braun, nervous atop the Meyer Shank Racing pit stand. 'Tom did a great job there at the end saving the fuel,' Braun said. 'Man, the guys on the pit box were sweating bullets up there, but they made it happen there, so I'm pumped.' With the No. 93 's May 31 victory at Detroit, Meyer Shank Racing's Acuras have won two consecutive races after Porsche Penske Motorsport opened the 2025 season with four wins. 'The guys have really stepped it up,' Blomqvist said. 'We're just getting better and better every race, so hopefully more to come.' The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 finished fourth to move into the championship lead by 12 points over the No. 7 963, which finished a season-worst 47th. After a promising start in which Felipe Nasr moved from 10th to the lead, things went awry when Nick Tandy went into the Turn 1 wall with just over 90 minutes remaining. The No. 7 Porsche 963 required major repairs that cost the team more than 10 laps in the pits. The Watkins Glen winners in other categories: LMP2: No. 22 United Autosports USA ORECA LMP2 07 GTD Pro: No. 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO GTD: No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo IMSA WATKINS GLEN SIX HOURS RESULTS Race results Results by class Fastest laps by driver Fastest laps by driver after race (over the weekend) Fastest laps by driver and class after race Lap chart Best sector times Leader sequence Race distance and average speed Fastest lap sequence Race analysis by lap Stint analysis Track limits analysis Time cards Pit stop time cards Flag analysis Weather report NEXT RACE The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will race with the LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD categories Sunday, July 13 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (2 p.m. ET, USA, Peacock). Dan Harper and Max Hesse recap their up-and-down day at Watkins Glen and how they worked pit strategy to climb to the front and win the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen in GTD Pro. For Tom Gamble, his emotions were "all over the place" after Lexus ran out of gas on the final lap at Watkins Glen, and he shares his first-time win with teammate Casper Stevenson while Zacharie Robichon gets his eighth. Paul Di Resta, Rasmus Lindh and Daniel Goldburg discuss their LMP2 class win at Watkins Glen, vaulting the United Motorsports No. 22 to the top of the championship standings.
Fox Sports
22-06-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Felix Rosenqvist Paces Warmup at Hot Road America; Race at 1:30 ET
INDYCAR As drivers and crews brace for perhaps the warmest race of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, Felix Rosenqvist led the morning warmup Sunday for the XPEL Grand Prix of Road America Presented by AMR. Rosenqvist was quickest in the 25-minute session with a lap of 1 minute, 45.0725 in the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda of Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian. Rosenqvist is starting 12th in the 55-lap race, which begins at 1:30 p.m. ET today (FOX, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). SEE: Practice Results Air temperatures reached the mid-80s by mid-morning in Wisconsin, with the heat expected to climb another 10 degrees by the time the green flag flies. Rosenqvist wasn't the only driver starting in the middle or back half of the 27-car field who found speed in the short session on the 14-turn, 4.014-mile natural terrain road course. Six-time series champion Scott Dixon was second quickest at 1:45.1517 in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Dixon will need that speed, as he is starting 25th after incurring an interference penalty in NTT P1 Award qualifying Saturday. Santino Ferrucci was third at 1:45.2402 in the No. 14 Sexton Properties/AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet. Ferrucci is starting 18th. Colton Herta, starting 16th, climbed to fourth in the warmup at 1:45.2807 in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda of Andretti Global. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden rounded out the top five at 1:45.3602 in the No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet. Newgarden qualified 10th, the only driver in the top five of the warmup results who will start in the first five rows of the grid. NTT P1 Award winner Louis Foster ended up 27th on the time charts at 1:47.6275 in the No. 45 Droplight/Desnuda Tequila Honda of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Series points leader Alex Palou also was near the bottom, 24th at 1:47.0512 in the No. 10 SOLO Cup Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. recommended
Fox News
01-06-2025
- Automotive
- Fox News
Felix Rosenqvist, Louis Foster OK after violent crash at Detroit Grand Prix
DETROIT — Both Louis Foster and Felix Rosenqvist were passengers after Foster's suspension broke in a violent crash Sunday at the Detroit Grand Prix. Both drivers were released from the medical center. Rosenqvist was put on a stretcher (sitting up) after the accident and said he just had some pain in his knee. "I feel good," Rosenqvist said. "A little bit of pain in my knee, but it's fine. I've done all the checks and everything, and we're good. ... I just banged my knee really bad into the [steering] wheel." Foster's car hit the wall and then rammed into the back of the Meyer Shank Racing car of Rosenqvist, creating a debris field that resulted in a short red flag to clean the track. "I didn't even see it coming," Rosenqvist said. "Because I think just the angle he hit me, you kind of look in your left mirror naturally, and he kind of came from the right. So I was surprised I didn't see it because you always kind of glance in your mirror as you turn in, and I didn't see anything. "And then it was just like, 'Boom.' I think actually the hit when he hit me was bigger than hitting the wall." Foster didn't see it coming, either. "Clear as day, it was a suspension failure," Foster said. "Soon as I hit the brakes, the front right suspension just popped up and I can't do anything. It's difficult, man. "There's not a lot I can say right now. It's just a car failure. This place is so bumpy. It puts so much stress on the drivers and the cars. Does that have anything to do with it? Gut feeling says yes. So I don't know what to do or to say." Drivers said the course is bumpy — as many street courses are — but typically a suspension piece such as that one wouldn't snap unless it has mileaged-out or there was some contact earlier in the race. "It's probably on the limit of bumpy," Rosenqvist said. "On the main straight, if you go to the right of the racing line, which you kind of have to do if you pass someone, it's really bumpy. "I don't know if that's part of it. I'm glad Louis is OK. He got a pretty rough ride as well." Foster said he was OK and felt it was going to be his best result so far in his rookie year at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. "It's a shame," Foster said. "It would have been our best result today or fighting for our best result." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
Fox Sports
01-06-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Felix Rosenqvist, Louis Foster OK after violent crash at Detroit Grand Prix
DETROIT — Both Louis Foster and Felix Rosenqvist were passengers after Foster's suspension broke in a violent crash Sunday at the Detroit Grand Prix. Both drivers were released from the medical center. Rosenqvist was put on a stretcher (sitting up) after the accident and said he just had some pain in his knee. "I feel good," Rosenqvist said. "A little bit of pain in my knee, but it's fine. I've done all the checks and everything, and we're good. ... I just banged my knee really bad into the [steering] wheel." Foster's car hit the wall and then rammed into the back of the Meyer Shank Racing car of Rosenqvist, creating a debris field that resulted in a short red flag to clean the track. "I didn't even see it coming," Rosenqvist said. "Because I think just the angle he hit me, you kind of look in your left mirror naturally, and he kind of came from the right. So I was surprised I didn't see it because you always kind of glance in your mirror as you turn in, and I didn't see anything. "And then it was just like, 'Boom.' I think actually the hit when he hit me was bigger than hitting the wall." Foster didn't see it coming, either. "Clear as day, it was a suspension failure," Foster said. "Soon as I hit the brakes, the front right suspension just popped up and I can't do anything. It's difficult, man. "There's not a lot I can say right now. It's just a car failure. This place is so bumpy. It puts so much stress on the drivers and the cars. Does that have anything to do with it? Gut feeling says yes. So I don't know what to do or to say." Drivers said the course is bumpy — as many street courses are — but typically a suspension piece such as that one wouldn't snap unless it has mileaged-out or there was some contact earlier in the race. "It's probably on the limit of bumpy," Rosenqvist said. "On the main straight, if you go to the right of the racing line, which you kind of have to do if you pass someone, it's really bumpy. "I don't know if that's part of it. I'm glad Louis is OK. He got a pretty rough ride as well." Foster said he was OK and felt it was going to be his best result so far in his rookie year at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. "It's a shame," Foster said. "It would have been our best result today or fighting for our best result." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. recommended Get more from NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
