Meyer Shank Racing Looks to Kick of Month of May with GMR Grand Prix 10.05.2022: Round 5 of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in Saturday’s GMR Grand Prix Driver Lineup: Helio Castroneves: No. 06 AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda Simon Pagenaud: No. 60 AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda: Tune in: Saturday, May

Round 5 of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in Saturday’s GMR Grand Prix

Driver Lineup:
Helio Castroneves: No. 06 AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda
Simon Pagenaud: No. 60 AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda:
Tune in:
Saturday, May 14, NBC/Peacock (3:00pm ET)
SiriusXM Ch. 160



Meyer Shank Racing is looking to great off to a strong start to the Month of May as the team enters the GMR Grand Prix race weekend. MSR has had several strong outings at the 2.439-mile Indy road course. The team scored a third place finish in the 2019 edition of the event after qualifying from third. The following year MSR scored its first front row qualifying position, after being nudged out from pole by just 0.187-seconds.
 


Pagenaud won the first race on the infield circuit in 2014. The Frenchman went on to sweep the Month of May in 2016 after winning the GMR Grand Prix from the pole position on the way to winning the Indianapolis 500 later that month. Pagenaud scored a third IMS road course win in 2019.



Castroneves has competed on the Indianapolis road course on nine occasions, scoring a pair of podium finishes. He placed third in his first start in 2014 and second in 2016. Castroneves also qualified second in 2017. Castroneves most recently raced at the Indianapolis road course for  the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix with MSR in 2021 but unfavorably finished 21st.



MSR Driver Quotes, GMR Grand Prix:



Helio Castroneves:

 "I am super excited for the Indy GP and can't wait to come back to Indianapolis. Obviously, it's the Month of May and we're all excited to get started.


I'm looking forward to an amazing race, MSR has had a good history at the track and so have both Simon and I so I'm hoping that good things are to come this weekend. Of course the race leads up to the 'big one' which we're all prepping for."




Pagenaud Simon:


"My sights are focused on the Indy Grand Prix coming up, a big event for us at Meyer Shank Racing. The IMS road course is one of my favorite tracks. I've had a lot of success in the past, and I look forward to being back in Indianapolis.


It's called INDYCAR for a reason, and I look forward to meeting my fans over there and seeing everyone come to the track and supporting us. I look forward to getting back in my car and do the best I can this weekend and try to bring some silverware back home."
 



 Maddie Komar- photos IMSA Owens, Skibinski