COTA podium confetti

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This week’s #FastSix focuses on the surprising yet welcome win by 18-year-old Colton Herta of Harding Steinbrenner Racing in Sunday’s INDYCAR Classic at Circuit of The Americas. What a way to commemorate the first NTT IndyCar Series race at the great track in Austin, Texas. Social media was abuzz following the race.

Angels on the grid

When the NTT IndyCar Series had come and gone from COTA, all that was apparently left was a whole lot of confetti, sprayed to celebrate Herta’s historic win. Austin doesn’t get much snow, so the COTA staff had a creative idea, inspired by colder climes, about what to do.


Circuit of the … scratch that, COLTON of The Americas!

It wasn’t long after Herta became the youngest driver to win an Indy car race that some clever wordsmith at Circuit of The Americas decided to rename the track’s Twitter account. “Colton of the Americas” has a wonderful and victorious ring to it, don’t you think?


Home run

Even HSR co-owner George Steinbrenner IV’s New York Yankees tipped their social media hat to his team following the accomplishment at the INDYCAR Classic.


More to come

NTT IndyCar drivers, past and present, are the best judges of racing accomplishments and talent. Seeing accolades for Herta come from near and far was sublime.


Dream drawing

After his team’s landmark win, Steinbrenner IV showed us just how long he’d been imagining the moment. Dare to dream, young INDYCAR fans, whether it to be an owner, driver, engineer, mechanic or more. They can come true.


Thanks, friends

Herta showed that he is not only a great driver but also a gentleman when he took to Twitter to thank fans and friends for their well wishes.