Lochie Hughes Sweeps Both Poles for Indianapolis Grand Prix
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Rookie Lochie Hughes earned his first two career poles in INDY NXT by Firestone competition, sweeping the top spots Friday afternoon for the Indianapolis Grand Prix doubleheader.
Hughes held off fellow rookie and Andretti Global teammate Dennis Hauger to grab the top starting spots for both 35-lap races in the INDYCAR development series. Each driver's quickest lap in the two-group qualifying session set the field for the first race, while their second-best lap established the grid for the second race. The drivers in the first group occupy the odd-numbered spots on the starting grid, while the drivers in the second group take the even-numbered spots.
SEE: Race 1 Qualifying Results | Race 2 Qualifying Results
Race 1 is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET tonight, with Race 2 at 1 p.m. ET Saturday (both races FS1, FOX Sports app and INDYCAR Radio Network).
'Super excited to get my first pole of the year,' Hughes said. 'Got two in one go, which is pretty cool. Starting in the best spot to have a chance to win these races, so excited to get going and see what we can do from pole. It's going to be interesting going into Turn 1. Hopefully we can come out with the lead and push on from there.'
Hughes captured the pole for Race 1 with a time of 1 minute, 14.7840 seconds in the No. 26 McGinley Clinic/USF Pro Championship car. Hauger will join his teammate on the front row after his best lap of 1:15.0089 in the No. 28 Rental Group machine.
Hauger has won both races from the pole this season and led practice this morning.
Callum Hedge will start third after his top lap of 1:14.7846 in the No. 17 Abel Motorsports machine, just six ten-thousandths of a second behind Hedge's pole time. Salvador de Alba put three Andretti Global cars in the first two rows of Race 1, as he qualified fourth at 1:15.1186 in the No. 27 Grupo Indi car.
Hughes kept his strong pace on his second-quickest lap, 1:14.8433, to earn pole for Race 2. Hauger was second at 1:15.0426. Row 2 will consist of Hedge starting third after his best lap of 1:15.1812, while Caio Collet grabbed the fourth starting spot with his lap of 1:15.1468 in the No. 76 HMD Motorsports car.
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