Herta snags top five despite cautions derailing tire strategy in St. Pete

Herta, 23, started the 100-lap contest fourth on a set of the softer alternate (green sidewall) tires. Right at the start, he was able to jump up to third straight away after pulling to the outside of Pato O’Ward – on the harder primary (black sidewall) compound – entering Turn 1 that gave favorable positioning on the inside of Turn 2 to complete the pass.From there, the California native …Keep reading