Today’s question: Who is the favorite to win the season opener this Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, and which driver most needs a strong start to the season?. Zach Horrall: Curt is right, Newgarden is the odds-on favorite to take the first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race of the season. He won two Indy Lights races at Barber in 2018, so he knows how to get around the track. But I’m going with the guy who won the last race at Barber, in 2019 – Takuma Sato. He didn’t win a race in 2020 until the 10th race of the season, at Mid-Ohio, and he ended up fifth in the standings.

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