KV RACING TECHNOLOGY'S PAUL TRACY FINISHES SIXTH IN REXALL EDMONTON INDY
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - - JULY 26, 2009 - - Round #11 2009 IndyCar
Series season - - KV Racing Technology driver Paul Tracy finished sixth
today in the Rexall Edmonton Indy in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Mario
Moraes was involved in an opening lap incident with his teammate and
placed 23rd.
Tracy, in the #15 Edmonton Honda Dealers -- Wounded Warriors.ca --
KV Racing Technology Honda/Dallara/Firestone machine, made his fifth
appearance on the 1.96-mile, 14-turn City Center Airport temporary
street circuit and second in a row in his native country. Starting an
IndyCar career high ninth he moved into sixth place on the opening
lap following the incident with Moraes and essentially remained there
throughout the 95-lap contest.
"I have mixed emotions about the race today," Tracy said. "It was
obviously a good race for the Edmonton Honda Dealers -- Wounded
Warriors.ca -- KV Racing Technology car, but I have a bit of a heavy
heart with Mario and myself touching on the first lap, which sent him
spinning and I didn't realize it had put him out of the race. I feel
terrible for that and it has kind of put a damper on the rest of the
weekend."
Tracy went on to say, "Other than that, we had a little bit of a tire
issue on the first stint and once we had the pressures right, the second
and third stint the #15 car was pretty good and we just ran around,
pretty much alone for the whole race."
Moraes, contesting his second race in Edmonton, started seventh. The
talented Brazilian, behind the wheel of the #5 Azul -- Votorantim -- KV
Racing Technology Honda/Dallara/Firestone picked up 12 points and is in
17th place in the standings with 169 points.
Tracy, 40, made his third consecutive start, and fourth of the year,
for KVRT today. Today's sixth place finish is his best in five races
this season and third best in seven career IndyCar starts behind a
runner-up finish at the 2002 Indy 500 and fourth place showing here in
Edmonton last year. Tracy has now finished in the top-six in all five of
his starts in Edmonton. He previously ran for KVRT in Toronto, Watkins
Glen and at the Indy 500. His other IndyCar starts were this year at
Milwaukee, for AJ Foyt Racing, at Indy in 2002 and last year here at
Edmonton for Vision Racing.
Moraes, 20, in his second IndyCar season and first with KVRT, made
his 27th career IndyCar start and 11th on a road/street course today.
Prior to this season, Moraes had three career top-10 finishes, with a
best showing of seventh at Watkins Glen and had earned just one top-10
qualifying spot,10th here in Edmonton. Since joining KVRT he has scored
career high finishes on six of the 11 tracks, had two top-10 showings
and earned his career best oval finish placing ninth at Milwaukee.
His IndyCar career best finish is seventh at Watkins Glen in 2008.
Moraes' qualifying record has shown even more dramatic improvement.
He has qualified in the top-seven in six of 10 races (Iowa qualifying
cancelled), twice in the top-five, including an IndyCar career high
fourth at Watkins Glen and an oval career high fifth at Milwaukee.
KVRT contested its fifth race, 10 starts, in Edmonton today. The team
has now finished in the top-10 four times, two top-five showings with a
best finish of fourth by Servia in 2006.
Note: Race fans in Toronto and Edmonton were given the opportunity to
make a donation to Wounded Warriors.ca, a charity that benefits wounded
Canadian veterans, and sign Paul Tracy's fire suits at both events. Over
$28,000 in donations were made, which Honda Canada matched. The total
amount donated to the non-profit charity was $56,021.
Next up for KV Racing Technology is the Meijer Indy 300, July 31 --
August 1, at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.
-credit: kvrt
