Newgarden claims IndyCar pole in St. Petersburg, McLaughlin 9th

Josef Newgarden will start tomorrow’s IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg from pole, narrowly topping Felix Rosenqvist in this morning’s Fast 6 Shootout. Scott McLaughlin qualified as the first of the four-strong Kiwi contingent in ninth, one place ahead of Marcus Armstrong. Scott Dixon qualified 11th, seeing grids nine through eleven locked out by New …