Red, white and green will be the color scheme for Marco Andretti as Seattle-based Oberto All-Natural Beef Jerky takes over his No. 27 Honda for the 248-lap race on Aug. 26 at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis, Mo.
Although Charlie Kimball took the ceremonial first lap on Gateway Motorsports Park’s new pavement in a street-legal Honda on July 20, Thursday was the first time Verizon IndyCar Series cars hit the fresh blacktop in full race trim on the 1.25-mile oval.