Barber Motorsports Park | April 29, 2022

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Arrow McLaren SP was on track for one session this afternoon at Barber Motorsports Park. Practice 1 went smoothly for the No. 5 and No. 7 teams, and all focus is forward to two practice sessions and qualifying on Saturday.

See what Arrow McLaren SP drivers Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist, as well as President Taylor Kiel had to say following Friday's single practice session.

Key info

Round	4/17
Where	Barber Motorsports Park
When	Sunday, May 1
Race laps	90
Total race distance	207 miles / 333.13 km
Length	2.3 miles / 3.7 km
Number of turns	17
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Practice 1

1:06.9838

16 laps

7th

"Not a bad day. I think there are a lot of little things that we can look into to prepare for tomorrow and for qualifying. Once there is more Firestone rubber down, it is going to change the way the track feels quite a bit. So Practice 2 tomorrow will be big in dictating what way we should go with the balance and see where we go from there."

Practice 1

1:07.3416

17 laps

13th

"We had some issues on the first couple laps with the tires so we had to come in. We only had one set of tires so it was kind of hard to know where we are at lap time-wise. I thought the car felt pretty sporty. Today was a short session so I think we are good. Arrow McLaren SP will be strong tomorrow."

Taylor Kiel, President, Arrow McLaren SP

"It was a good day and good to be back here at Barber Motorsports Park. It was also great to see Pato start where we left off last year. We left a bit on the table during the first outing on the track, just creeping up to it. I feel like we are in the window with the car. It’s the same with Felix, he got off to a quick start, but again had more in it on the first outing. From there on, we didn’t really have the tires to improve and neither did anybody else. I think this is a track that suits both of our drivers and I am excited to see what tomorrow brings. It will be a busy day tomorrow with two practice sessions and qualifying, so plenty of time to make the cars better."

Session times

Practice 2	Saturday, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. ET
Qualifying	Saturday, 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET
Final Practice	Saturday, 5:00 - 5:50 p.m. ET
Green Flag	Sunday, 1:15 p.m. ET on NBC

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