Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet rookie Jordan King said he was happy with qualifying fourth for his first ever IndyCar race, but says he could have been even faster. The Briton who shares the #20 car with team owner Ed Carpenter, topped Group 1 in the first segment of qualifying with a 60.0476 lap of the 1.8-mile St. Petersburg course that eclipsed Will Power’s track record from 2016. King was then fourth in Q2, where all lap times were half a second off peak potential as drizzle arrived; in Q3, which started wet but dried, he wound up fourth – beaten only by fellow rookies Robert Wickens (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) and Matheus Leist (AJ Foyt Racing), and seven-time St. Pete polesitter...
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