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Jacob Abel’s magic carpet ride continued Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park, as he drove to the pole for the Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Alabama. Abel, from Louisville, Kentucky, grabbed t…
Jacob Abel secured the pole position at Barber Motorsports Park for the Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Alabama, with a lap time of 1m11.3507s driving the No. 51 Abel Construction car. This marks Abel’s second career pole in the IndyCar development series, following his first pole at Iowa Speedway in July 2023. Abel had a dominant weekend on the 2.3-mile road course, leading every session and praising his team for providing a fantastic car. The 35-lap race is scheduled to start at 11:05 a.m. ET on Sunday, with live coverage on Peacock and the IndyCar Radio Network. In qualifying, Abel was ahead of championship leader Nolan Siegel by 0.2239s and will be joined on the front row by Siegel and James Roe, among other top qualifiers. Jamie Chadwick achieved a career-best fifth place start, with Michael d’Orlando also starting from row three.
