Storylines in sports are like free shrimp appetizers at nice restaurants: more is better (unless you’re a shrimp or the bus boy who has to clean up those disgusting slimy pink shells). This year’s Indianapolis …
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Santino Ferrucci and his AJ Foyt Racing team are one of the big surprises heading into the 2023 Indianapolis 500. (Photo courtesy of AJ Foyt Racing)
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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The INDYCAR driver with the coolest name this side of Mario Andretti is revved-up and reveling in is role as underdog for today’s 107th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Santino Ferrucci brought his self-described “super-excited and high-energy” persona to A.J. Foyt Racing when he joined the Waller, Texas-based organization as teammate to 2023 NTT IndyCar Series rookie Benjamin Pedersen in October.
Fast-forward to the Month of May at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Ferrucci and Pedersen have returned the Foyt moniker to the front of the 33-car grid.
Ferrucci qualified the No. 14 car synonymous with Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. fourth via a four-lap/10-mile average of 233.911 mph during last Sunday’s Firestone Fast Six. Ferrucci presented “Super Tex” _ first four-time winner of the Indy 500 _ the team’s highest start on the 2.5-mile IMS oval in 20 years. Earlier in the session, Pedersen emerged as the fastest of four rookie qualifiers in 11th at 232.671 mph in the No. 55 Sexton Properties Chevy. When Foyt qualified as the fastest rookie in 1958, he started 12th.
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Alex Palou will attempt to lower the broom on INDYCAR’s traditional Month of May from pole position during the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500.
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Alex Palou will start the 2023 Indianapolis 500 from the pole after posting the top qualifying run in Sunday’s field-setting Fast Six Qualifying session.
Palou had a four-lap average speed of 234.217 mph. That topped the …