Simon Pagenaud’s life-changing month of May began last year with pole position for the Indianapolis Grand Prix, and backed it up with a win, then added another pole and win at the Indy 500. Whatever speed the Frenchman displayed on the IMS road course in 2019 proved elusive to find on Friday at the GMR GP, where his No. 22 Chevy ended time trials near the back of the field in 21st. Team Penske teammate Will Power captured pole in the No. 12 Chevy, and reigning champion Josef Newgarden claimed sixth in The Captain’s No. 1 Chevy, which means Pagenaud and race engineer Ben Bretzman will have plenty of front-running data to use as they seek to join the other Penske cars by the end of...
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