As the NTT INDYCAR SERIES hit the streets of Nashville for the first practice session ahead of Sunday’s Big Machine Music City Grand Prix (5:30 p.m. He won both races from the pole position on the incredibly tight and challenging 19-turn, 3.8-mile street circuit. This has given Rosenqvist a dose of needed optimism considering his best finish of the season is 12th, coming at the first street course of the year, in April in St. Petersburg, Florida. “I think my street course experience definitely helps with this course,” he said. NTT INDYCAR SERIES rookie McLaughlin won three consecutive championships in the series that includes plenty of street courses.

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