Team Penske driver David Malukas, growing weary of second-place finishes that include two in the past three races, kept raising the ante on the NTT IndyCar Series field Saturday. He outdid everyone with a 173.244-mph two-lap average to sweep to the top of the leaderboard in qualifying for Sunday’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Umm… everyone but Alex Palou.
Palou, last in line to make his qualifying attempt, obliterated his competitors’ times and speeds with a 174.353-mph effort on the 1.25-mile World Wide Technology Raceway oval at Madison, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis…