Blazing lap gives Urrutia Lights pole

With a lap time of 1:11.369s, Belardi Auto Racing w/SPM driver Santi Urrutia stormed to pole position for tomorrow's Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Race #1. It was an impressive effort for the 20-year-old Uruguayan, who lapped the 2.258-mile circuit 0.6589s faster than second-place qualifier Colton Herta. Nico Jamin was second with Shelby Blackstock and Zachary Claman De Melo rounding out the top-five.

Series championship leader Kyle Kaiser was sixth. The green flag for tomorrow's race is scheduled for 3:35 p.m. local time.

RESULTS

P	No	Name	FTime	Diff	Laps	FL	Gap	FSpeed	Team
1	5	Santi Urrutia	1:11.369	–.—-	16	13	–.—-	113.898	Belardi Auto Racing
2	98	Colton Herta	1:12.028	0.6589	18	11	0.6589	112.856	Andretti Steinbrenner Racing
3	27	Nico Jamin	1:12.156	0.7867	17	12	0.1278	112.656	Andretti Autosport
4	51	Shelby Blackstock	1:12.198	0.8289	16	11	0.0422	112.590	Belardi Auto Racing
5	13	Zachary Claman De Melo	1:12.220	0.8508	17	12	0.0219	112.556	Carlin
6	18	Kyle Kaiser	1:12.366	0.9970	15	13	0.1462	112.328	Juncos Racing
7	9	Aaron Telitz	1:12.479	1.1100	17	14	0.1130	112.153	Belardi Auto Racing
8	22	Neil Alberico	1:12.496	1.1271	16	10	0.0171	112.127	Carlin
9	28	Dalton Kellett	1:12.523	1.1533	16	9	0.0262	112.086	Andretti Autosport
10	48	Ryan Norman	1:12.653	1.2838	17	12	0.1305	111.885	Andretti Autosport
11	2	Juan Piedrahita	1:13.046	1.6767	14	12	0.3929	111.283	Team Pelfrey
12	26	Matheus Leist	1:13.695	2.3261	17	14	0.6494	110.303	Carlin
13	31	Nicolas Dapero	1:13.987	2.6175	15	10	0.2914	109.868	Juncos Racing
14	11	Garth Rickards	1:16.680	5.3111	12	9	2.6936	106.009	Carlin