That’s where Alexander Rossi has finished the past four years in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES standings. Rossi’s average starting position last year – 11.3 – was the lowest since his rookie season in 2016. “In order to be competitive and to win these races, you have to start in the top six. Rossi hasn’t been the best qualifier of his era, but he certainly has had better years than last year. Three of his other seasons in this series saw average starting positions in the 8s, while the past two years he has averaged 10.6 and 11.3. To Rossi’s point about qualifying, his average starting position in the five street races last year was 14.4 while in the three short oval races it was 15.0.

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