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Barber IndyCar: Top 10 quotes after race
Josef Newgarden races to second Barber Motorsports Park win, first with Team Penske
Photo by: Rainier Ehrhardt
| Cla | # | Driver | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | Pits | Retirement | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Josef Newgarden |
90 | 1:54'08.7076 | 108.809 | 3 | 51 | ||||
| "That was an awesome day. This is what we work for as an entire group. We always want to get one of these cars in victory lane. And, for (teammate) Will Power, I feel so bad for those boys on the 12 Verizon car - they were on it today and I feel like it would have been a great battle between Will, myself and Scott (Dixon). But it ended up just being Scott and myself. It's a group effort here (at Team Penske) - all four of these guys work together. I'm thrilled for the (No.) 2 Fitzgerald Glider Kits Chevy guys but this is a team effort with all four cars. So whoever is in victory lane - we just want to get someone there with Team Penske." | |||||||||||
| 2 | 9 |  Scott Dixon |
90 | 1:54'09.7571 | 1.0495 | 1.0495 | 108.792 | 3 | 41 | ||
| "What a great race here at Barber. Another second-place finish for the 9 car. I think that's our fifth runner-up here. One of these days we're going to win here. We had a great NTT Data car and we were right up in the mix for the win at the end. We just didn't have enough there, but all in all a good points day for the team. I saw (Josef Newgarden) late coming into (Turn) 15 or 16 on the last restart and I tried to turn down but the car was just so neutral I just didn't have the rear grip to pull it off. Kudos to Josef - he drove a hell of a race and the win was well deserved. The NTT Data car was strong in the race. I think we actually had the speed - I think if we would have had clean air in that race we would have checked out. I feel bad for Will Power too - I think maybe a flat tire there or something. It was definitely a good fight." | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 |  Simon Pagenaud |
90 | 1:54'11.2782 | 2.5706 | 1.5211 | 108.768 | 3 | 35 | ||
| "You're racing and you just want to go as hard as you can, but we couldn't do it. The Menards Chevy had tremendous pace at the end. We struggled a little bit at the starts, and we adjusted the car during the race. I was very happy with the reds and on blacks at the end, it was good. We lost a lot of spots when Josef (Newgarden) hit me and I went in the grass in (Turn) 5. That's where I think we potentially lost the race win, but it is what it is. It was a good day overall. We transformed a tough start this season into good results and I think that's the key for the championship." | |||||||||||
| 4 | 3 |  Helio Castroneves |
90 | 1:54'19.8668 | 11.1592 | 8.5886 | 108.632 | 3 | 33 | ||
| "With a little bit of luck with the yellow, Will (Power) cutting the tire and (James) Hinchcliffe going off, we were able to get back into the top four. The AAA Chevy was really good, actually. It was just unfortunate with the black tires which actually had good balance, but were a little bit slow. When you had the Firestone reds, it was fast but it was too loose to control. Saving fuel toward the end was a little bit hard. Congrats to Josef (Newgarden) on his first win (with Team Penske). He's not the rookie anymore. That's why Roger (Penske) keeps hiring young talent and we keep pushing." | |||||||||||
| 5 | 98 | Alexander Rossi |
90 | 1:54'20.7545 | 12.0469 | 0.8877 | 108.618 | 3 | 30 | ||
| "We knew based on our starting position that we had to come up with something different. We knew we were stopping early, then it was about how fast we can go while saving fuel. The team did a good job and gave me a good car. Considering we started 18th, a top five is really good. We worked really hard overnight and tried to understand where we made mistakes this weekend. We'll use it as a learning experience and make sure it doesn't happen again." | |||||||||||
| 6 | 5 |  James Hinchcliffe |
90 | 1:54'21.2981 | 12.5905 | 0.5436 | 108.609 | 3 | 28 | ||
| "I feel bad for the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports guys. The Arrow Electronics Honda was good enough for a podium, but I tried to go around the outside of Simon (Pagenaud) on the restart and lost a couple of spots. It's just so hard to pass - track position is everything here. I'm a bit bummed. The guys deserved a little more today, but I guess overall it's a good thing when you're disappointed with a sixth-place finish." | |||||||||||
| 7 | 10 | Tony Kanaan |
90 | 1:54'24.1181 | 15.4105 | 2.8200 | 108.565 | 3 | 26 | ||
| "We're moving in the right direction for sure. I think it goes without saying that I want to finish a lot higher than seventh, but I'll take a top-10 after the way this season has started. We had a pretty clean race and our stops were good, we just couldn't get up with the lead pack. I have a good track record at Phoenix, so hopefully we can come away with a good result next weekend." | |||||||||||
| 8 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais |
90 | 1:54'24.7727 | 16.0651 | 0.6546 | 108.554 | 3 | 24 | ||
| "I'm really happy for the whole crew. Everybody did a really good job, we had solid pit stops. We didn't have a great weekend at all. Performance wise we were average the whole time and I was very unhappy with the car so to salvage a top 10 and P8 like that in circumstances where there really wasn't much going on, you have to feel pretty good about it. I think we learned a few things this weekend for the road course which we haven't had many opportunities this year with the testing restrictions and it's going to help us to get the car better for the rest of the season, so that was key to understanding what was doing what. I'm not sure we understand everything yet but today was a pretty big step in validating some of the things we understood. Now on to the next one." | |||||||||||
| 9 | 26 |  Takuma Sato |
90 | 1:54'28.8840 | 20.1764 | 4.1113 | 108.489 | 3 | 22 | ||
| "It was a difficult weekend, but I think the start was pretty exciting. I overtook a couple of cars and had a really good start. After that, I struggled on the pace a little bit. During the first stint, I had issues braking. So, first I had to move the bias all the way on the front. Then later on we lost one brake, so it felt like three-wheel braking - that was a shame. Over the course of the stint, I think I was getting better and better over time because we kept making the right adjustments. I think we held on well and the guys did well on the pit stops. Ninth is not perfect, but I think where we are it was a good points day and result for us." | |||||||||||
| 10 | 7 |  Mikhail Aleshin |
90 | 1:54'29.4140 | 20.7064 | 0.5300 | 108.481 | 5 | 20 | ||
| "It was a difficult race for us. It ended up pretty good; we had really good pace throughout the race. The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team did a fantastic job to build the car for this race, and that's why we were so competitive. We were a little unlucky during pit stops, but besides that, I think we had a pretty strong race. I'm really happy we finished in the top 10 and brought the team some points. We'll take it! We'll head home and prepare for Phoenix and be even more competitive there." | |||||||||||
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