B6 The BulleTin • Sunday, May 23, 2021
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TODAY
MONDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
66°
LOW
44°
Variable cloudiness
ALMANAC
Yesterday Normal
Record
57°
66° 87° in 1958
45°
38° 20° in 1918
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.03"
Record
0.85" in 1928
Month to date (normal)
0.44" (0.59")
Year to date (normal)
1.81" (4.72")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.05"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Today
Mon.
5:31am/8:33pm 5:30am/8:34pm
5:19pm/4:04am 6:40pm/4:31am
6:39am/10:19pm 6:38am/10:16pm
6:23am/9:50pm 6:24am/9:52pm
8:36am/12:03am 8:35am/12:01am
1:56am/12:29pm 1:53am/12:25pm
1:12am/10:58am 1:08am/10:54am
4:34am/6:42pm 4:30am/6:38pm
Last
New
First
May 26
Jun 2
Jun 10
Jun 17
Tonight's sky: Virgo rising in the east in late
evening, containing only one bright star, Spica.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
2
4
5
3
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Grasses
Moderate
Trees
Moderate
Weeds
Absent
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
Times of clouds and sun
THURSDAY
EAST: Partly to mostly
cloudy Sunday; a
few showers around.
Mostly sunny Monday;
a shower in the
afternoon.
CENTRAL: Mainly
cloudy with a couple
of showers Sunday.
Partly sunny Monday
with a few afternoon
showers.
WEST: Mostly cloudy
with showers around
Sunday. Remaining
cloudy Monday with a
few showers around.
74°
47°
71°
42°
Partly sunny, pleasant and
warmer
Delightful with clouds and
sun
Astoria
57/50
Seaside
58/50
Cannon Beach
57/50
NATIONAL WEATHER
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
48013
87%
Wickiup
76652
38%
Crescent Lake
23955
28%
Ochoco Reservoir
10306
23%
Prineville
83468
56%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
114
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
1310
Deschutes R. below Bend
140
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1630
Little Deschutes near La Pine
159
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
16
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
19
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
179
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
41
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
14
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
FIRE INDEX
T-storms
Plenty of sunshine
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
78/69/0.03
Akron
82/64/0.00
Albany
84/60/0.00
Albuquerque
87/56/0.00
Anchorage
52/45/0.00
Atlanta
84/64/0.00
Atlantic City
87/62/0.00
Austin
81/71/0.53
Baltimore
93/59/0.00
Billings
49/31/0.02
Birmingham
86/65/0.00
Bismarck
52/46/0.31
Boise
57/42/0.41
Boston
89/62/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 88/58/Tr
Buffalo
76/65/0.01
Burlington, VT
87/68/Tr
Caribou, ME
82/61/0.12
Charleston, SC 85/60/0.00
Charlotte
86/52/0.00
Chattanooga
88/60/0.00
Cheyenne
52/41/0.02
Chicago
88/70/0.00
Cincinnati
85/59/0.00
Cleveland
83/64/0.00
Colorado Springs 76/50/Tr
Columbia, MO
79/68/0.26
Columbia, SC
87/54/0.00
Columbus, GA
86/62/0.00
Columbus, OH
87/59/0.00
Concord, NH
89/62/Tr
Corpus Christi
83/73/0.12
Dallas
79/71/0.42
Dayton
85/61/0.00
Denver
72/48/0.99
Des Moines
79/65/0.04
Detroit
86/65/Tr
Duluth
81/64/0.00
El Paso
98/66/0.00
Fairbanks
54/44/0.01
Fargo
58/52/Tr
Flagstaff
56/27/0.00
Grand Rapids
86/64/Tr
Green Bay
87/66/Tr
Greensboro
86/53/0.00
Harrisburg
88/62/Tr
Hartford, CT
90/56/0.00
Helena
44/29/0.19
Honolulu
85/73/0.00
Houston
83/74/0.49
Huntsville
87/62/0.00
Indianapolis
84/62/0.00
Jackson, MS
87/61/0.00
Jacksonville
82/59/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
79/65/t
85/65/t
79/47/t
79/48/s
57/46/s
89/67/pc
88/59/pc
75/67/t
95/67/pc
63/48/r
91/66/pc
73/51/c
61/46/c
87/56/t
86/57/t
77/55/t
75/45/t
61/36/r
92/67/pc
90/65/s
91/64/pc
66/38/pc
83/62/t
86/66/s
84/61/t
72/44/s
84/65/t
93/65/s
91/65/pc
87/67/pc
85/45/t
79/71/t
77/68/t
85/67/pc
77/44/s
81/68/t
88/60/t
45/40/c
92/66/s
60/37/pc
75/60/c
62/27/s
78/56/t
70/53/t
87/65/pc
94/65/pc
89/52/t
44/42/r
85/72/pc
78/70/t
89/64/pc
84/65/pc
87/65/pc
87/61/pc
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
58/50/sh
82/65/s
60/55/pc
99/72/s
95/81/t
79/54/pc
76/65/s
59/46/sh
68/51/r
61/43/t
58/47/sh
84/69/pc
88/65/s
54/43/c
85/79/t
53/37/r
54/40/sh
65/45/pc
68/48/pc
92/83/t
72/59/s
71/63/s
63/45/pc
68/61/s
66/55/s
55/46/sh
72/47/pc
97/82/pc
Monday
Hi/Lo/W
80/67/t
81/66/t
71/53/pc
82/52/s
61/49/s
91/69/pc
65/58/pc
76/68/t
71/58/sh
68/47/c
92/67/pc
79/52/pc
67/49/pc
65/53/pc
67/55/pc
76/63/c
73/56/pc
65/44/s
93/68/pc
92/68/c
92/65/pc
69/42/s
87/71/t
87/66/c
77/67/sh
76/49/s
84/66/s
95/68/pc
94/68/pc
85/66/t
72/47/pc
81/73/sh
75/67/t
86/67/pc
77/47/s
82/65/t
82/65/sh
65/59/t
94/66/s
68/49/pc
86/56/c
71/32/s
82/67/pc
78/67/c
87/66/c
68/57/sh
73/50/pc
60/42/c
86/73/pc
79/70/sh
91/66/pc
86/66/pc
88/65/pc
92/63/pc
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
51/45/0.72
73/69/0.25
87/64/Tr
70/55/0.00
85/57/0.00
86/67/0.04
85/62/0.00
70/54/0.00
89/63/0.00
83/64/Tr
87/67/0.00
84/74/Tr
89/68/Tr
83/68/0.00
87/61/0.00
85/73/0.00
89/65/0.00
96/66/0.00
90/55/0.00
79/68/0.07
82/68/Tr
86/64/Tr
83/56/0.00
83/67/0.00
92/63/0.00
84/64/0.00
82/60/Tr
77/57/Tr
73/56/Tr
89/52/0.00
56/39/0.03
57/40/0.11
91/55/0.00
83/63/0.03
80/46/Tr
85/71/0.00
69/45/0.00
80/72/0.42
66/57/0.00
70/49/0.00
74/49/0.00
78/54/0.06
86/62/0.00
63/47/0.00
86/68/0.00
66/49/Tr
79/66/0.03
91/70/0.00
88/58/0.00
78/68/0.03
91/62/0.00
73/67/0.06
65/41/0.01
81/55/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
52/40/c
78/67/t
82/57/t
81/62/s
85/62/s
83/67/t
86/64/c
74/59/s
90/67/s
80/60/t
88/68/pc
84/72/pc
75/55/t
74/65/t
90/65/pc
86/70/pc
92/60/pc
96/61/pc
89/70/s
73/63/t
83/68/t
87/63/pc
90/66/s
84/66/t
95/63/pc
88/64/s
85/65/t
82/48/t
89/54/t
90/67/s
68/44/t
67/45/pc
94/69/pc
80/52/t
80/51/s
89/70/pc
59/46/t
77/68/t
71/58/pc
64/52/pc
70/52/s
74/40/s
92/64/pc
64/50/pc
83/66/t
71/47/pc
81/62/t
90/69/pc
87/57/s
79/66/t
94/68/pc
75/64/t
76/48/pc
88/58/s
Monday
Hi/Lo/W
53/43/sh
80/67/pc
81/68/sh
87/67/s
85/62/pc
80/64/t
86/67/pc
85/62/s
90/68/pc
83/69/t
89/71/pc
85/73/s
78/70/pc
82/66/c
89/65/pc
85/71/pc
68/57/pc
68/57/pc
74/63/t
75/63/t
79/65/t
90/65/s
99/72/s
86/67/s
70/57/c
95/67/s
79/64/t
63/50/pc
68/50/pc
88/65/t
75/46/s
75/47/s
78/60/t
74/62/pc
86/53/s
89/71/s
69/53/s
80/70/t
74/61/pc
66/53/pc
74/54/s
78/43/s
94/68/pc
60/50/r
84/62/c
66/47/c
80/63/pc
90/70/s
93/61/s
78/66/t
71/61/t
77/64/t
71/46/pc
96/62/s
105/80/0.00
79/56/0.06
82/70/0.13
70/45/0.00
78/57/0.00
82/73/0.00
91/68/0.00
73/63/0.09
55/37/0.43
82/64/0.12
63/50/0.41
86/70/0.04
70/55/0.00
61/35/0.00
68/63/0.18
69/57/0.26
75/54/0.00
78/64/0.00
86/79/0.00
59/41/0.08
66/51/0.02
91/80/0.04
74/70/0.00
72/64/0.12
81/68/0.04
61/48/0.00
61/50/0.14
58/54/0.61
103/78/s
77/58/t
71/47/c
69/51/r
75/57/pc
82/73/s
98/76/pc
80/63/pc
54/45/t
69/45/c
63/50/pc
85/72/t
72/59/pc
66/39/s
70/52/t
64/52/sh
75/58/pc
70/64/t
89/79/pc
57/40/sh
66/57/sh
95/82/t
76/73/s
75/64/s
78/56/t
61/50/c
59/41/c
64/45/sh
104/78/s
77/58/t
70/53/s
65/51/c
74/58/r
83/74/s
99/79/pc
76/64/c
53/46/sh
71/54/s
59/47/pc
76/67/pc
76/59/pc
66/39/s
70/48/pc
68/53/c
73/52/s
83/68/s
90/80/pc
53/42/pc
67/55/pc
100/79/t
79/72/s
77/66/pc
70/58/pc
57/51/r
64/54/pc
69/54/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 98°
at El Paso, TX
National low: 15°
at Bryce Canyon, UT
Precipitation: 1.84"
at Victoria, TX
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Not as warm with clouds
and sun
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today
Monday
Yesterday
Today
Monday
Yesterday
Today
Monday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
58/49/0.00 57/50/pc 57/50/r
La Grande
55/39/0.01 66/47/c 62/44/pc
Portland
68/49/0.00 67/51/pc 62/50/r
Baker City
53/38/0.09 64/40/c 62/43/pc
La Pine
53/38/0.02 61/39/c 59/40/sh
Prineville
57/43/0.00 67/43/c 59/43/pc
Brookings
65/45/0.00 59/48/pc 54/46/sh
Medford
72/47/Tr
76/50/pc 71/51/pc
Redmond
61/46/0.08 66/42/c 64/40/sh
Burns
47/39/0.41 63/39/sh 63/37/pc
Newport
54/48/0.00 54/47/pc 54/47/r
Roseburg
70/47/Tr
70/49/pc 66/49/r
North Bend
58/50/0.00 59/50/pc 58/49/r
Eugene
72/42/0.00 67/49/pc 61/46/r
Salem
71/45/0.00 67/50/pc 64/49/r
Klamath Falls
55/41/0.05 65/35/pc 66/35/pc
Ontario
58/47/0.16 67/46/c 71/52/pc
Sisters
58/45/0.00 64/44/c 62/41/pc
Lakeview
44/35/0.20 61/34/c 62/35/t
Pendleton
56/38/0.19 71/49/pc 69/47/pc
The Dalles
71/53/0.06 70/53/pc 69/52/c
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-10s
68°
42°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Hood
River
541-683-1577
SATURDAY
66°
41°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Umatilla
77/54
Rufus
Hermiston
65/52
76/54
72/54
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
72/52
67/47 67/51
64/45
Wasco
63/45 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
61/42
68/51
71/49
Sandy
70/53
McMinnville
58/49
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
64/50
Maupin
Government
67/47
66/47
60/42
Camp
70/51 Condon 67/49
Union
Lincoln City
64/45
53/42
65/47
Salem
55/47
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
67/50
Madras
68/43
Albany
55/38
Newport
Baker City
67/46
69/46
Mitchell
54/47
65/49
64/40
Camp Sherman
64/42
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
62/46
66/42
63/48
Day
Prineville
54/47
62/40
Ontario
Sisters
67/43
Paulina
62/40
67/46
Florence
Eugene 64/44
Bend Brothers 62/39
Vale
57/49
67/49
66/44
60/38
Sunriver
67/45
Nyssa
63/43
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
67/45
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
61/39
61/38
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
67/41
63/47
67/48
Fort
Rock
58/48
63/39
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
64/36
63/40
High: 72°
61/37
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Eugene
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
58/48
70/49
64/37
55/38
Low: 27°
Marsh
Lake
61/38
Port Orford
62/34
65/37
at Crater Lake
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
59/49
Pass
63/40
Chiloquin
64/38
79/49
Rome
Medford
62/36
Gold Beach
76/50
64/41
56/47
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
62/39
72/47
65/35
57/36
59/48
61/34
WATER REPORT
Bend
Redmond/Madras
Sisters
Prineville
La Pine/Gilchrist
FRIDAY
OREGON WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
Rise/Set
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Full
WEDNESDAY
61°
32°
63°
41°
Mostly cloudy, a shower or
two in the p.m.
Mostly cloudy
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
TUESDAY
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: USDA Forest Service
54/50/2.03
77/55/0.00
60/53/0.00
113/84/0.00
95/82/0.02
92/64/0.28
77/70/0.00
62/49/0.08
70/53/0.05
62/52/0.26
59/55/1.22
90/68/0.00
84/67/0.00
55/32/0.00
81/75/1.16
54/37/0.09
57/43/0.03
66/46/0.19
74/52/0.00
93/82/0.00
66/55/0.00
73/61/0.00
64/41/0.00
67/62/0.00
64/55/0.00
57/49/0.16
75/61/0.00
91/83/0.00
58/47/r
87/69/s
63/54/pc
103/75/pc
94/80/t
76/55/c
78/68/pc
70/53/pc
68/51/t
68/55/pc
62/51/s
84/71/pc
91/67/s
52/43/r
86/80/t
55/45/sh
56/44/sh
67/45/c
72/44/s
92/81/t
78/61/s
74/62/s
67/45/s
68/61/s
68/54/pc
55/44/sh
75/53/pc
98/83/t
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
MOTOR SPORTS | INDYCAR
Penske drivers struggle with speed, Power outside of Indy 500 field
BY JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s been
26 years since a Roger Penske
car missed the Indianapolis 500
in one of the lowest points for
the storied organization. Pen-
ske now owns the place, and yet
his team stunningly finds itself
fighting for a spot in the field.
Will Power, one of the great-
est qualifiers in IndyCar his-
tory, failed to seal his spot in the
33-car field on Saturday’s first
day of qualifications. The 2018
Indy 500 winner will be one of
five drivers vying for the final
three spots in the field Sunday
when qualifying is completed.
Power’s struggles were the
worst of a Team Penske group
that has lagged behind the
competition all week at India-
napolis Motor Speedway.
None of the four Penske en-
tries have been that impressive
and the struggle to find speed
stretched to Simona de Silves-
tro, who returned to Indy for
the first time since 2015 with
a female-led race team that is
backed by Roger Penske in his
push for diversity.
De Silvestro beat the clock by
a mere eight seconds for a final
NASCAR
Continued from B1
If he wins a sixth race on a
road course, Elliott would be
just the seventh driver in his-
tory to reach that mark, tying
him with Bobby Allison, Rich-
ard Petty, Rusty Wallace and
Ricky Rudd.
But the dark cloud looming
over Sunday is the likelihood of
rain, which National Weather
Service forecasts at better than
50%.
The drivers slipped and slid
their way through Saturday
morning’s windy and wet prac-
tice session that may have been
fun for some, but likely left
none of them feeling comfort-
able about the race.
For some, it was their first
laps around a track that was
built for Formula One.
“It was a blast,” said Byron,
Darron Cummings/AP
Will Power watches as Simona De Silvestro drives during qualifications
for the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday
in Indianapolis.
qualifying attempt but it was
not enough to lock her into the
top 30. Power and de Silvestro
will square off against Char-
lie Kimball, Sage Karam and
rookie R.C. Enerson in a last-
row shootout Sunday.
Two drivers will miss the
race and the shootout field in-
cludes a pair of Penske cars for
the first time since 1995 when
Al Unser Jr. and Emerson Fitti-
paldi missed the race.
who was fastest in the session.
“I hope it rains. For the fans, I
think it would be awesome if
if rains.”
Joey Logano was second in
practice, ahead of Kyle Larson
and Kyle Busch. Busch and
Martin Truex Jr. each have four
road course victories.
Elliott, who was fifth in
practice, admitted this week
he doesn’t think he’s very good
racing in wet conditions.
“The rain tire is certainly
a bit of a question mark and
it’s not one I’m very good at,”
Elliott said bet. “Especially
coming to a new track. (Rain)
completely changes everything
about the course and what you
do.
“For guys who race in the
rain enough, they can make
that transition. I just haven’t
done it enough to feel real con-
fident. What to change, where
“You need to be a scientist to
work this one out,” said Power,
who with 62 poles trails only
Mario Andretti’s record of 67
poles on the career list. Power
had qualified in the first three
rows of the Indy 500 in 11 of
the last 12 years.
“We gave it our best shot. I
think that if we just do a con-
servative run tomorrow we
should be OK,” Power said.
“But if something goes wrong
you are out.”
No one expected a Team
Penske struggle but it was clear
immediately Saturday that the
Chevy-backed powerhouse had
nothing for most of the field.
But it wasn’t a Chevrolet issue,
even though Honda claimed
seven spots in the Fast Nine.
The pole and first three
rows for the May 30 race are
settled Sunday and the quar-
tet from Chip Ganassi Racing
has the edge. Six-time IndyCar
champion Scott Dixon posted
the fastest four-lap average to
open qualifying and nobody
knocked him from the top stop
over the next six hours.
Colton Herta for Andretti
Autosport was second fastest
and followed by Ganassi driver
Tony Kanaan. Ed Carpenter
was fourth and followed by Ri-
nus VeeKay, the 20-year-old Ed
Carpenter Racing driver who
scored the first IndyCar win of
his career last week on Indy’s
road course.
Carpenter and VeeKay are
the only Chevrolet drivers in
the Fast Nine.
The day was dominated by
Honda and at one point Dixon
said the engine-maker was
chasing all nine slots in the Fast
Nine. Helio Castroneves was
sixth for Meyer Shank Racing
and followed by Alex Palou of
Ganassi, Ryan Hunter-Reay of
Andretti and Marcus Ericsson
in the final Ganassi entry.
Palou was devastated,
though, after crashing during
a late afternoon qualifying at-
tempt. He’d been worried he
was going to be bumped from
the Fast Nine and tried to better
his time in the heat of the team
Michael Conroy/AP
Simona De Silvestro stands next to her car after failing to break into a
guaranteed spot in the race during qualifications for the Indianapolis
500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on Saturday.
straights because of the rooster
tail of spray spit out by the cars
ahead.
That could be a factor if
there’s more rain Sunday.
“If you are going down the
straightaway, you just trust
the guy in from of you isn’t
stopped,” Byron said. “If there’s
a wreck on the straightaway, it’s
going to be a mess.”
Chuck Burton/AP
Martin Truex Jr., left, talks to a crew member before practice for Sun-
day’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin,
Texas, on Saturday.
to change it, how to change
it, braking zone changes. …
There’s really not a good way to
prepare for that.”
Vexing visibility
Byron and Logano said the
visibility was next to zero on
the track’s two high-speed
against the better judgement of
his crew.
“I was pushing the team. The
team was on the fence of going
out now with the weather, so
I was pushing them like ‘Hey,
guys, we have a fast car, we can
go,’” Palou said. “So I’m feeling
a bit stupid for not listening to
the team and then really sorry
for all the work they put in.”
The car could be repaired
and Palou does not need a
backup for Sunday.
All right, all right, all right
Actor Matthew McCo-
naughey will be the Grand
Marshal for Sunday’s race. It’s
his second time in the role and
the first since he gave the start
command at the Daytona 500
in 2005. McConaughey is part
of the ownership group of the
expansion Austin FC in Major
League Soccer. McConaughey’s
name has also surfaced as a
possible candidate for Texas
governor in 2022.
Odds & ends
Elliot is a 5-2 favorite to
snag his first win of the sea-
son in the season’s first race in
Texas, according to FanDuel
Sportsbook. … NASCAR will
be back in the state for the All-
Star race weekend in June at
Texas Motor Speedway in Fort
Worth. … Chris Buescher is
the only Texas native who is
a full-time Cup Series driver.
He hails from Prosper, which
is near Dallas. … Byron has
finished in the top 10 in 11
consecutive races, which ties
him with Logano (2015) for
the third-longest top-10 streak
among active drivers. … Elliott
isn’t the only top-flight driver
trying to find a break-through
win this season. Kevin Harvick
who had nine wins a year ago,
and Denny Hamlin, who had
seven, are both chasing their
first victory of 2021.