{"id":69426,"date":"2021-09-17T19:57:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T02:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/?p=69426"},"modified":"2021-09-17T19:57:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T02:57:20","slug":"herta-second-quickest-in-friday-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/17\/herta-second-quickest-in-friday-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Herta Second Quickest In Friday Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24515259@N04\/46701812325\/in\/photolist-2jt1p8S-2ft91H1-TpvFUy-RMny3k-2ft8i2L-2erN3Ey-2erN3A5-TpuDME-2e9TQpc-2e9TcH6-2ft7zb1-2e9SZwH-2e9SZJM-2erEVhb-RMf9ND-Tpo6Cw-2erCUe3-2fxDP1D-24W3f3B-2fxfzHx-2fsx8PL-2fxe2gR-24VBKyv-2fxe8ia-2fsxsUj-2fsyYr3-RLQQfT-2e9kKBR-2er2pYf-ToJKNf-24Vmnpv-2e92Eu2-2eqXAvf-24UUyXT-RL4vtV-2frPkuJ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/46701812325_7ac911f724_z.jpg\" alt=\"Colton Herta\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COLTON HERTA<\/strong><br>No. 26 GAINBRIDGE HONDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRACTICE RESULT&#8211;2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRACTICE TIME&#8211;01:11:7927<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s tough to do a 45-minute session on one set of tires, so we were waiting for most of the day \u2013 kind of waiting to see what kind of lap times other guys were doing. Compared to when we tested, the track is a lot better. It was quite nice. The car felt a little different from the test for me, so I think we have some adjustments to make to get back into the window. But, we\u2019re right there and it\u2019s a great start to be P2.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a 2020 hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES is back at<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/27\/the-history-of-weather-tech-raceway-laguna-seca\/\"> WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca<\/a><\/strong> for the championship\u2019s penultimate event. A field of 27 cars took to the track today for one 45-minute practice session. Thanks to July testing in Monterey, the Andretti stable was able to roll off the trucks with a solid starting point, and also rely on past track success which includes the 2019 race win of <strong>Colton Herta<\/strong> and top-10 finishes from teammates <strong>James Hinchcliffe,<\/strong> <strong>Ryan Hunter-Reay <\/strong>and <strong>Alexander Rossi.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Series will again see the 2.238-mile circuit Saturday for a second practice session followed by qualifying. <strong>The Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey<\/strong> goes green Sunday at 12:30 p.m. PT with live broadcast on NBC starting at noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLTON HERTANo. 26 GAINBRIDGE HONDA PRACTICE RESULT&#8211;2 PRACTICE TIME&#8211;01:11:7927 \u201cI think it\u2019s tough to do a 45-minute session on one set of tires, so we were waiting for most of &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1443,403,1804,1621,3],"tags":[494,2624,5451,5466],"class_list":["post-69426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar","category-indy-cars-open-wheel-racing","category-nttics-press-release","category-nttics-preview","category-open-wheel-racing","tag-andretti-autosport","tag-colton-herta","tag-firestone-grand-prix-of-monterey","tag-weather-tech-raceway-laguna-seca"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyPEW-i3M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/46701812325_7ac911f724_w-10.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69429,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69426\/revisions\/69429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workingonmyredneck.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}