Colton Herta Wins St. Petersburg, Comfortably
Herta s fourth career win comes in nearly wire-to-wire fashion.
Through 34 races, Colton Herta s career is going well.
Yesterday, Herta qualified on pole for the fifth time in his brief IndyCar career. Today, he converted that pole into a wire-to-wire win, pulling away from the field after every re-start and while on both tire compounds. The final restart, with less than twenty to go, wiped out a ten second lead and put Josef Newgarden in a position to potentially capitalize on a tire advantage. Instead, Herta held off a brief challenge before disappearing into the horizon.
Herta takes St. Pete, ties father on IndyCar win list with 4
AP Auto Racing Writer
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Colton Herta followed the sound of his father’s voice around the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, into victory lane and next to him on IndyCar’s win list.
Herta on Sunday scored his fourth IndyCar victory to match the same total his father, Bryan, achieved over his own 12-year career. The son needed just 34 races for his four wins, and at the start of his third full IndyCar season, Colton Herta is already a title contender.
Herta started from the pole and led a race-record 97 of the 100 laps to win his first race with Bryan Herta as his race strategist. Andretti Autosport paired the Hertas for the first time this year, dismissing previous father-son combinations that simply didn’t work in IndyCar.
Herta takes St. Pete, ties father on IndyCar win list with four
Colton Herta followed the sound of his father s voice around the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, into victory lane and next to him on IndyCar s win list.
The Canadian Press Colton Herta , The Canadian Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Colton Herta followed the sound of his father s voice around the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, into victory lane and next to him on IndyCar s win list.
Herta on Sunday scored his fourth IndyCar victory to match the same total his father, Bryan, achieved over his own 12-year career. The son needed just 34 races for his four wins, and at the start of his third full IndyCar season, Colton Herta is already a title contender.
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