Herta rebounds of Indy 500 qualifying wreck to make the field. Armstrong still has work to do

Indianapolis (AP) – Colton Herta started qualifying day for the Indianapolis 500 on Saturday with a trip to the Infield Care Center to a narrow wreck in turn 1, and he ended it with a backup car that was safe in the race Memorial Day Weekend. Marcus Armstrong was not so happy. Just like Herta, the 24-year-old from New Zealand crashed early Saturday during an hour-long practice before the nearly 7-hour qualifying window. But unlike the Andretti AutoSport driver, Armstrong couldn’t find a car that was quickly put together by Meyer Shank who chased the Top 30 on the Speed ​​card to secure his place in ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’. So he will return on Sunday as one of the four drivers in a shooting for the last three places on the 33-car starting grid. “We didn’t build the car at all. They almost compiled it when they rolled me out,” says Armstrong, who made two qualifying efforts, but both blown away because they were not fast enough. “They compiled the head support, and I asked if the seat was intact after the accident. We did not test it. ‘ They did, ‘Armstrong added,’ and the car was definitely in a decent window where we can work on it tomorrow. ‘Qualification on Saturday has the Fast 12 which will have a chance on Sunday at the first four rows and finally the pole for the race on May 25. Those who qualified in places 13-30 locked in their positions, while Armstrong by Marco Andretti, Rinus Veekay and Jacob Abel was in the last-Chance shooting of the last race for the race for 230. Mph. I think from our point of view of where we want to be, and what we want to face, we are not happy to just make the show, ‘he said.’ If we don’t have the chance to do this, it’s pretty disappointing. ‘Herta and Armstrong both destroyed 1 in turn, where winds arise up to 30 km / h that are largely blocked through the boundaries in the front, suddenly over the car. Sparks. We were very happy with the car this morning. Went out loose and could not even get rag 1 in. “Armstrong also was able to climb from his wrecked car but was immediately helped on a stretcher. He gave a thumbs up as he was loaded into an ambulance and taken to the care, but he was not released. Armstrong insisted that his confidence was unshaken, despite the hard hit. ___