IndyCar News: Saturday Morning Report from Ontario Honda Dealers Toronto

Good morning from Exhibition Place in Toronto, Canada.   It’s a beautiful day for practice and qualifying for the NTT INDYCAR Series round 13.

Temperatures are predicted to be in the mid-70s this afternoon for qualifying with plenty of sun.

Devlin DeFrancesco is the only Canadian driver in the series.  The 25-year-old came to his first race here at Exhibition Place when he was 13 years old.

Autoracing1 talked with the Toronto native about the importance of the race over the border.

“I think it’s super important to race in Canada. It’s huge for the country. You know, look how many people are turning up in the city. It’s usually popular. It’s one of the most popular races, I think, on the calendar.”

“And I think having a race outside of the US is extremely important for our series and growth. And you know, our series is definitely on a good trajectory.”

” You know us at Rahal Letterman Lanigan,  we’ve been developing our street car package, and it’s been definitely getting better. So I’ve no doubt I will  have a fast car this weekend. And to get a good result for me and the team would be important this weekend.”

DeFrancesco’s car had a run in with a pool noodle that was on track in practice yesterday, which did not do any damage to his car.

Today’s Toronto Schedule in ET.

10:30-11:30 am         NTT INDYCAR Series Practice 2

2:35-4:00 pm              NTT INDYCAR Series Firestone Fast Six Qualifying

Lucille Dust reporting live from Toronto