Race report
Detroit IndyCar: Top 10 quotes after Race 2
Rahal completes impressive weekend victory sweep at Detroit's Belle Isle
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| Cla | # | Driver | Laps | Time | Gap | Mph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |  Graham Rahal |
70 | 1:33'36.3769 | 105.442 | |
| "Buckeyes like to win up in this state. It was just a good weekend - thanks to the crowd, thanks to Roger Penske, Bud Denker and everybody for putting this on. It's a tremendous event. And thank mother nature - we've never had this kind of luck around here. It was a great day, I'm really proud to get another win for the United Rentals guys, Turns For Troops, PennGrade, Steak n' Shake, Hyatt, Fifth Third Bank, Honda - everybody that makes this possible. It's a special day for us. We're the first one to win the double (in Detroit) means a lot. It feels great, trust me. Any day you can beat a Penske driver it means a lot." | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | Josef Newgarden |
70 | 1:33'37.5541 | 1.1772 | 105.420 |
| "I'll be honest, I think we were all just trying to get to the end. There were just two laps to go and we had marbles all over the tires. In that type situation, there's not much you can do. You want to say you'd be able to go race this guy and try to beat him. And I would have done that if he messed up; if he made a mistake, I would try to capitalize. But if everyone stays steady, we are just trying to hold on to the race car. It's very difficult to do that at the end. When it's your weekend, it's your weekend. (Race-winner Graham) Rahal did a great job. It's a good bounce back for us at Team Penske in the hum by Verizon Chevrolet. It's good to be in Detroit. Thanks to all the fans that came out and Chevrolet for all they do. It's fun to be in this city. I was trying to get Chevrolet that win but just didn't have enough today." | ||||||
| 3 | 12 |  Will Power |
70 | 1:33'38.9997 | 2.6228 | 105.392 |
| "Yesterday was just unlucky when the yellow came. We kind of went halfway between a two-stop and a three-stop. We went longer than the three-stop guys. I was saving so much fuel yesterday that I was too slow. The guys did a great job with the strategy today. I'm very happy with third. Today was much more representative of the car we had this weekend. Thanks to all of the guys, Verizon and Chevrolet." | ||||||
| 4 | 26 |  Takuma Sato |
70 | 1:33'40.2304 | 3.8535 | 105.369 |
| "It was a solid result. I think the team did a great job. We did everything we could and made no mistakes, but we just didn't quite have the speed today. I'm proud of getting on the front row in qualifying and we will work hard the rest of the season. I think we kept ourselves in championship contention by finishing P4 and getting points. We need to find out why we lost the speed for the race but we will look at all the data. It was a good day." | ||||||
| 5 | 1 |  Simon Pagenaud |
70 | 1:33'40.4579 | 4.0810 | 105.365 |
| "We definitely improved a lot overnight. The entire Penske team did a good job analyzing how we could do better in today's race and it showed. A lot of it here in Detroit comes down to strategy. It's not an easy race. Even if you have the fastest car, you aren't always going to win. My hats off to Kyle Moyer (race strategist), Ben Bretzman (engineer) and the entire No. 1 team. We were saving fuel pretty much the whole race, but the car was still phenomenal. It's not exactly what we want - we want to be up front more - but it was a decent day for the DXC Technology Chevy team." | ||||||
| 6 | 9 |  Scott Dixon |
70 | 1:33'40.9774 | 4.6005 | 105.355 |
| "The problem on the pit stop really hurt us today. I think there was a problem with the fuel probe and normally we're really good in that area. That issue just cost us some crucial time and we tried to play catch up after that. I think (Josef) Newgarden finished second and we were ahead of him before that. It was unfortunate how it played out, but all-in-all a decent points today considering." | ||||||
| 7 | 98 | Alexander Rossi |
70 | 1:33'42.5747 | 6.1978 | 105.325 |
| "(Qualifying) this morning really hurt because we went out on used tires for the one-lap shootout after the red flag and that was the wrong decision, so we started 14th instead of towards the front. In the race, we had to really make the most of the first stint on blacks and I think we did. We made the reds last a long time, as well, so I think the car was quite a bit better than yesterday. I think seventh was a decent result considering we started 14th and it's pretty hard to pass here." | ||||||
| 8 | 83 | Charlie Kimball |
70 | 1:33'43.0592 | 6.6823 | 105.316 |
| "The timing stand made the right call with the two-stop strategy. It meant I had to save quite a bit of fuel at times, but we were still able to run a pretty good pace and get a pretty good fuel mileage number. Overall I'm happy with the day. We didn't have any good luck or any help, but we didn't have any bad luck either. The way this year has gone, we'll definitely take that. We'll take a top 10 and pick up a little momentum heading to Texas looking for a podium, if not a win next weekend." | ||||||
| 9 | 3 |  Helio Castroneves |
70 | 1:33'43.2208 | 6.8439 | 105.313 |
| "The Hitachi Chevy was great again today. We had a little bit of bad luck there with Ryan (Hunter-Reay) and getting a tire cut down. It was early enough that I thought we might be able to overcome it, but we didn't get a caution until the very end. I wish we could have done better with our finish, but our car was strong. We'll head to Texas which is always a lot of fun." | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | Tony Kanaan |
70 | 1:33'44.0970 | 7.7201 | 105.297 |
| "Another tough day for NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing - really just a tough weekend overall here in Detroit. We struggled both days in qualifying and just couldn't ever get back up to the front in either race. We had an issue in the pits today that cost us a few spots with a drive-through penalty, but after a 15-place finish yesterday, we'll take a top 10. It's still nowhere close to where we need to be, but I'm always happy when we head into a race at a place like Texas where I know how strong we can be." | ||||||
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