American racer Kyle Kaiser took pole position for the season-opening Indy Lights race at St. Pete, denying practice pacesetter Felix Rosenqvist. Kaiser, who drives for the Juncos team that took Spencer Pigot to last year's title, was less than a tenth up on Rosenqvist when the session ended early due to a red flag. Early on, Schmidt Peterson rookies Santiago Urrutia and Andre Negrao were the first two drivers to dip into the 1m16s, surpassing the practice benchmark set by Rosenqvist. However, times continued to trickle down rapidly and, at the halfway point, Rosenqvist was back into the top spot, narrowly heading his Belardi teammate Zach Veach. A couple of minutes later it was Kaiser's...
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