Muñoz lead Andretti Four qualifying efforts at Pocono

The Verizon IndyCar Series is at Pocono Raceway this weekend for the ABC Supply Co. 500. Today's on track action saw a 90-minute practice session followed by afternoon qualifying around Pennsylvania's "Tricky Triangle".

It was Colombian Carlos Muñoz leading the qualifying effort today for the Andretti Four; he will start from the sixth position tomorrow. Following him on the grid will be teammates Justin Wilson and Ryan Hunter-Reay lining up in seventh and eighth, respectively. Marco Andretti topped the speed charts early in the morning session, but a tricky Lap 1 in qualifying leaves the hometown favorite in P22 for the start of tomorrow's 500 miles.

Carlos Muñoz - No. 26 Andretti Tv / Cinsay Honda: “I think I was expecting a little lower (speeds), I was expecting 218s. The car was really good, we changed some stuff on warm up. I love this track. I’ve always been competitive here, so I’m ok with qualifying. I think we did the best with what we had, and tomorrow is a 500-mile race so we will see what can happen.”

Justin Wilson - No. 25 Andretti Autosport Honda:  “Definitely looking forward to the race tomorrow. I’ve got to thank Andretti Autosport and Honda; the car is working really well here. I’m really pleased with it. Hopefully we can keep making a couple more tweaks and get even better for this evening’s practice, and do some race running. I think it will be a good race."

Ryan Hunter-Reay - No. 28 DHL Honda:  “I think that was a good run. We could have been a little bit better maybe, but you have to be careful. Especially considering what happened with Charlie (Kimball) there — you can overstep it here. It’s a fine line. Usually for 500-mile races it’s not a big deal for qualifying, you don’t put much emphasis on it, but here it’s very tough to pass sometimes. They don’t call it the Tricky Triangle for nothing.”

Marco Andretti - No. 27 Snapple Honda:  “(On the first lap) the car went down into (Turn) 1 and it just didn’t turn. It really caught me off guard — I almost hit the wall with the right front (tire). I just had to really pedal it and save it. To regather it and still have one more lap to go… It was a long run. I think we got a little greedy, but luckily it’s 500 miles of racing tomorrow.”

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