Herta Leads Honda 1-2-3 in INDYCAR Qualifying in Toronto

• Colton Herta scores third pole of 2024, 14th career pole for Sunday's Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto
• Honda's eighth INDYCAR pole of 2024
• Kyle Kirkwood completes Andretti Global front-row lockout; with Meyer Shank Racing's Felix Rosenqvist making it a 1-2-3 qualifying sweep for Honda in Toronto

For the third time this year, Colton Herta will lead the NTT INDYCAR SERIES field to green as he headed a Honda 1-2-3 in qualifying Saturday at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto street-course race. It is the eighth pole in 12 championship rounds for a Honda-powered INDYCAR driver in 2024.

Herta's Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood completed a front-row lockout for the Andretti team, while Felix Rosenqvist rounds out the all-Honda top three. Rosenqvist's Meyer Shank Racing stablemate, David Malukas also made the Firestone Fast Six, he will start P6 for tomorrow's race. 

The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto race is the third weekend and fourth race with the new INDYCAR SERIES hybrid system—known as the Energy Recovery System or ERS—as well as the first street course with the system. Introduced at Mid-Ohio, the ERS has run on a road course, oval and now a street circuit—marking each of the three circuit types the NTT INDYCAR SERIES competes on. 

Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto Honda Qualifying Results

R – Rookie

Quotes
Colton Herta (#26 Andretti Global Honda) pole qualifier, 2nd career Toronto pole and 3rd of the season, 14th career INDYCAR pole; 8th pole of the season for Honda: "We're always good here in Toronto, and our cars have been phenomenal on street courses this year. It's always exciting to drive on the streets of Toronto. But we need to win a race. That's obviously the main goal. Happy for everyone at Andretti and Honda – a 1-2 for Andretti and 1-2-3 for Honda."

Kyle Kirkwood (#27 Andretti Global Honda) qualified 2nd: "Super happy with our pace today, the Honda power has been great all weekend. I think we led all but one session throughout this weekend, including qualifying, A great day for Andretti and Honda, locking out the front row, and we're looking forward to the race tomorrow."

Felix Rosenqvist (#60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda) qualified 3rd: "Good qually. I think we actually improved throughout qualifying. We improved the car a bit. The [softer, alternate] tires weren't in great condition for the Fast Six, but I feel like I put together the best lap I could. Good job to Colton and a hell of a run for our team here."

Pat Mihalik (HRC US Trackside Hybrid Lead): "It's been a great start to the Hybrid era. Thank you to all of the men and women at HRC and Andretti Global for the front row lockout at Toronto. Looking forward to finishing on a strong note for tomorrow! It's our 8th pole of the season for Honda and hopefully we can convert it into another victory around the streets of Toronto." 

Fast Facts

• Run for the first time in 1986 as a Championship Auto Racing Teams [CART] event, the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto is one of the oldest INDYCAR street circuit events in North America, preceded only by the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. 
• Honda and the Ontario Honda Dealers have served as title sponsor of the Toronto event since it returned to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule in 2009.  The sponsorship is administered through the Ontario Honda Dealers Association.
• Honda-powered drivers and teams have a history of success at Toronto, winning 12 times in both CART and INDYCAR competition, most recently with Christian Lundgaard's victory last year in changeable conditions, his first career INDYCAR race victory.

Where to Watch
Live NBC Peacock race coverage of the race from Toronto begins at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 21.  Additional coverage can be found on the INDYCAR Radio Network and on Sirius/XM satellite radio.

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