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        After setting fast times all week through practice and qualifying, it is a no brainier with hindsight the young twenty-one-year-old Colton Herta would set the world on fire this past weekend at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, as he led a IndyCar record 97 laps of the 100 lap marathon.     Herta, who won the P1 award on Saturday afternoon, got off to a fast start as he took his Bainbridge Honda to an early two-second lead over the young an upcoming talent in the series Jack Harvey. Sixteen laps would quickly pass until we had our first caution of the day, as Jimmie Johnson locked up the brakes heading into Turn 13 and slid off the racing surface, in which time we went one lap down as Johnson could not safely rejoin the track, as the first caution would come out as Herta was in turn six working lap seventeen.       At the one-quarter mark of the race, your top five were Herta, Harvey, Newgarden, Pagenaud, and Bourdais. ...

       After a thrilling opening round of the NTT Indy Car Series at Barber Motorsports Park last Sunday, which saw Chip Ganassi driver Alex Palou take his first career IndyCar win. The series heads to the tight confines of the Streets of St. Petersburg for the first street course race of the 2021 season. Event History:  While there has been racing in St. Petersburg, Florida since 1985, the series had been racing on the current layout of the Grand Prix course since 2003, back before the CART/IndyCar merger in 2008. The first win was taken by Forsythe Racing and Paul Tracy. After a hiatus in 2004, the series returned in 2005, and the event was won by Dan Wheldon. There are five current drivers in the series who have won at St. Petersburg. Joesf Newgarden has won the last two times here in 2019 and 2020. Joining him are the likes of Will Power, Graham Rahal, James Hinchcliff, and Sebastian Bourdais. Track Facts:  The Streets of St. Petersburg is a 1.8 mile, 1...