Two weeks ago, ColtonHerta won the IndyCar race on the IMS road course after an incredible save. Meet the Valencia native who's racing for Indy500 glory and a month of May sweep. (🎥IndyCaronNBC)
Pole-sitter Colton Herta crashes out from the lead, opening the door for Josef Newgarden to claim his first IndyCar win on the streets of Long Beach.. The car locked up. A fork in the road loomed: try to hold on long enough to squeeze past the corner, or bail into the runoff and reset.But the car wouldn’t straighten, and the wall crept closer. In a split second, Herta knew., he thought, before the front-left bumper of his No. 26 slammed into the barrier.
“He’s small, and he’s frail, and he’s tiny,” Auberlen said before the Long Beach Grand Prix. “You think, ‘How’s this guy going turn the steering wheel?’”Auberlen is close friends with Bryan Herta, a former teammate in sports cars. After teaming up with Colton Herta at the 2021 Rolex 24 at Daytona, the IMSA legend immediately called Bryan.
’s 2021 McLaren car later this year, there’s an ever-growing buzz that he might fill a spot for an American driver. “Especially at the highest level, still pretty early on in my career, still constantly learning a bunch,” Herta said. Colton Herta celebrates on the podium after winning the IndyCar Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 14.