Arrow McLaren Indianapolis 500 Practice Report Day 3

Day 3 is dusted and complete at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indianapolis 500. 

Preparations for qualifying begin on Friday for what's known as "Fast Friday" as the cars will have additional horsepower. Speeds will increase as most will focus on single-file runs.

During Wednesday's practice session, Kyle Larson, one of Arrow McLaren's entries in the 2024 Indy 500, stopped by to watch the team throughout the day.

Now, see what each driver, Racing Director Gavin Ward and Kyle Larson had to say of Wednesday's activity on track.

Pato O'Ward, Driver, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"It was a tough day for us, to be honest. We're definitely not in the spot where we want to be yet, but we're working at it. We've got a plan to go through after qualifying this weekend. Tomorrow, it's obviously a very different goal: to go as fast as you can by yourself. Boost is up, so we're going to get everything prepared for that."

Alexander Rossi, Driver, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"It was a good day. More progress was made from the whole team. I'm getting happier and happier with the car each time we go out, which is great. I think we're in a pretty good spot for the group running. There are some small tweaks to come, but now the focus turns to qualifying – one of the most fun parts of the year."

Tony Kanaan, Driver, No. 66 SmartStop Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"All in all a good day. We worked on race stuff all day long. We made big changes, so I think the team is happy. Now we go back and get ready for qualifying. We had to stop a little early because we want to be ready for tomorrow. There's a little bit of a chance of rain in the afternoon, so we want to be ready to go right at noon. I'm happy."

Felix Rosenqvist, Driver, No. 6 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"It was a very productive day. I think we did around 150 laps, so we got a lot of data – some good reads, some bad reads – but we were way more clever today than we were yesterday. Now we switch focus to going fast with Fast Friday, so we will turn up the boost. I think we're in the game. There are a lot of strong cars out there so it is going to be tight like always, probably even tighter than last year, but our cars are definitely not bad. We just need to stay with it for the month."

Gavin Ward, Racing Director, Arrow McLaren, said:

"Another productive day at the IMS. Conditions were a little different today, but we got some good pack running in, focusing on our race program. Tomorrow is where the fun starts for qualifying for us. We've learned a lot of things, now we have to figure it all out, communicate between the cars and see if we can make the best of everyone's stuff and go from there."

Kyle Larson, 2024 Indianapolis 500 Driver, said:

"I came here today to hang out around the Arrow McLaren team to just soak up any little bit of anything to prepare myself for whenever I get behind the wheel of an NTT INDYCAR SERIES race car. It’s been pretty neat. I came here for the race in 2013, but I was never this close to the action. The more I can soak up, the less surprises I’ll have in next year's Indy 500. It’s still so far away that I haven’t spent that much time preparing yet, but I look forward to the preparation to be ready and competitive. Arrow McLaren has amazing hospitality and great people. I'm looking forward to next year."

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