After impressing the staff on his debut final weekend in Nashville, Linus Lundqvist will stay in Meyer Shank Racing’s No. 60 Honda on Friday and Saturday on the 85-lap Brickyard Grand Prix because the substitute for the injured Simon Pagenaud. It’s going to mark the sixth straight race the place Pagenaud has not been cleared to drive by IndyCar’s medical workers.

Lundqvist certified 11^th on the unforgiving road course and ran as excessive as third within the 80-lap contest, however he made a mistake late within the occasion and struck the wall. Regardless of the error that left the No. 60 in 25^th, the younger Swede energized the MSR outfit — which additionally noticed teammate Helio Castroneves earn a strong 11^th within the No. 06 Honda — and made it straightforward for staff house owners Mike Shank and Jim Meyer to maintain Lundqvist within the automotive for his second consecutive occasion.

“Linus did an superior job for us in Nashville,” Shank informed RACER. “He had the quickest lap of the race, which is actually cool, and he handed extra folks than I might ever think about. He did a very did an excellent job and confirmed numerous respect for Simon, which we appreciated.”

Lundqvist was humbled by MSR’s determination to maintain him within the automotive.

“First I wish to say a large thanks to Mike and Jim for his or her belief to place me again within the automotive once more,” he stated. “The Nashville weekend was nice in so some ways. Clearly, numerous impressions and numerous new stuff for me occurring that weekend and I used to be fairly disillusioned with the way in which that it ended. It was my mistake and I loved it up till that time. I believe it additionally left me and the staff wanting extra, which I’m grateful for one more alternative at Indy.

“I do know it will be robust once more, however now I’ve an entire race weekend underneath my belt. Hopefully we will string some good outcomes collectively and discover some good pace, however I really feel like it will be a brilliant weekend.”