LEXINGTON, Ohio – Hunter McElrea’s dominant Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course continued Saturday as he scored the pole for Sunday’s Indy Lights at Mid-Ohio event. With a best lap of 1 minute, 12.1926 seconds in the No. It rounds out what has been a strong weekend for McElrea, who was fastest in both practice sessions of the weekend. McElrea, 22, paced practice, started on the pole and led the first 11 laps of the race before a mistake put him in the wall and ended his chances for victory. In his young racing career, Mid-Ohio has proven to be strong for McElrea, who has five poles and two wins at this track prior to this weekend. “It’s pretty obvious what I’m going to plan on,” McElrea said.

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