Herta wins pole as repaved track produces eventful qualifying day at Road America

By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — The venue that bills itself as “America’s National Park of Speed” is producing faster times after its first repaving in nearly three decades. It’s also producing plenty of fireworks. Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport earned the pole position for Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Road America by posting a fastest lap of 1 minute, 40.1945 seconds on this 14-turn, 4.014-mile road course. That’s over four seconds faster than the time Alexander Rossi ran to earn the pole for last year’s event.