Juan Pablo Montoya, winner of the first street race of the season in St. Petersburg, picked up where he left off, as he set the early pace at the 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Although AJ Foyt Racing-Honda’s Takuma Sato, who won here in 2013, was first driver into the 68sec bracket, clocking a 68.7097sec (103.112mph) lap on his fifth lap, he relinquished top spot to Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Juan Pablo Montoya by over 0.4sec. Following a red flag due to a crash for rookie Alexander Rossi, Montoya clipped his time further on his 13th lap, getting down to 68.1290sec, mere thousandths off a 104mph lap. In the dying moments of the session, Montoya’s teammate Will Power got within a...
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