The 23-year-old Californian’s lap of 58.4576s around the 1.964-mile, 12-turn natural terrain road course was enough to claim third in the Fast Six shootout, which was 0.1381s off the pole-winning mark set by Graham Rahal.
Herta was among five drivers to opt for the alternate, red sidewall tyres in the fight for pole, with Rahal the only driver that elected to go with the harder primary, black sidewall compound.
