By Patrick Stephan

Louis Foster (Exclusive Autosport) in the Copart.com/Novara Technologies No. 90 dominated the lone Indy Pro 2000 practice at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and then took pole for both races. Photo credit: Gavin Baker Photography/Road to Indy

The second Indy Pro 2000 qualifying session hit the grid with some clouds just starting to build in the area, but not yet covering the track. The sun is baking this mostly light colored surface up to 122.7F with the ambient at 88F and the humidity is a “moist” 39%.

After 8 minutes Louis Foster is fastest with his fifth lap at 1:19.2570, followed by Wyatt Brichacek, Kiko Porto, Braden Eves and Nolan Siegel.

Just past halfway, most of the cars are in the pits getting fresh Cooper Tires mounted to their machines.

Approaching 5 minutes to go, most of the drivers were back on the track, but it is still Foster up front as he improves to a 1:19.1755.

Rece Gold then takes P1 at 1:19.0661 as drivers start to cycle through on this final sticker tire run. Foster retakes P1 going sub 1:19 with a lap of 1:18.7676, followed by De Alba and then Gold who pops another quick lap to retake P1 as we approach 2 minutes remaining.

Race control mentioned an issue over at Turn 11, but quickly gave the all clear. Not sure if that affected anyone going through that corner. Remember, if a driver sees a yellow – even local – they get that lap invalidated.

Kiko Porta moves to P1 with just over a minute on the clock, dropping Gold to P2, followed by Ahmed, Miller, and Foster.

Siegel then moves to P4, knocking Foster down to 6th as the checkered flag flies and we’ll see what everyone has on this final lap. Sundaramoorthy goes to P2…..and Foster does it again with a final lap of 1:18.4328 to take his second pole position of the day.

Porto, Sundaramoorthy, Gold and Ahmed round out the Top 5.

Indy Pro 2000 Race #2 Qualifying Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course:

Pos Car # Driver Best Time Diff Total Laps Best Lap Team
1 90 Louis Foster 1:18.4328 1:18.4328 13 13 Exclusive Autosport
2 1 Kiko Porto 1:18.5731 0.1403 13 11 DEForce Racing
3 18 Yuven Sundaramoorthy 1:18.6033 0.1705 12 12 Pabst Racing
4 55 Reece Gold 1:18.6739 0.2411 12 10 Juncos Hollinger Racing
5 47 Enaam Ahmed 1:18.6761 0.2433 12 10 Juncos Hollinger Racing
6 8 Nolan Siegel 1:18.7668 0.334 13 12 DEForce Racing
7 40 Jack William Miller 1:18.7674 0.3346 13 12 Miller Vinatieri Motorsports w/Exclusive Autosport
8 92 Wyatt Brichacek 1:18.7896 0.3568 12 11 Exclusive Autosport
9 6 Salvador De Alba 1:18.8782 0.4454 12 12 Jay Howard Driver Develpment
10 4 Braden Eves 1:18.9279 0.4951 13 13 Jay Howard Driver Development
11 3 Josh Green 1:18.9653 0.5325 12 11 Turn 3 Motorsport
12 19 Jordan Missig 1:19.0014 0.5686 13 12 Pabst Racing
13 2 Jonathan Browne 1:19.5932 1.1604 12 10 Turn 3 Motorsport