Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing had a fantastic day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday.
Graham Rahal in the No.15 Fifth Third Bank Honda will roll off on the front row alongside pole-sitter Alex Palou.
Speaking following qualifying where he set a 01:09.7516s, Rahal said:
“This is great for Fifth Third Bank, all of our partners and our whole team. It feels so good. This was why we ran the reds to get through the rounds. I knew Palou was going to have a new set of reds for the Fast Six. I didn’t think we were going to be on the front row; I didn’t think we were really competing for that. There were others that had new reds too but what a lap. In the Fast Six, we were just able to put it together. The balance was really consistent and matched my best of the whole day. It feels great for this entire team – everyone on the 15, 30 and 45 teams. We needed this; we expect to be good at the Indy road course race but to see it come together and have three cars in the top five is amazing. It feels awesome for our team.”
Rookie Louis Foster in the No.45 Mijack Honda rolls off third, he best qualifying of the season and speaking following the action he said:
For my fifth INDYCAR race, I think I’ll take a third place start! Like I’ve said a millions times, it’s all credit to the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing crew. We’ve been super-fast and obviously the proof of that is all of us are in the Fast Six. We’ve just got to continue this form tomorrow. Although this is an amazing day for the team, and great progress, points get paid tomorrow. So, we’ve got to make sure we keep our heads focused, look forward to tomorrow and do the right things and attack it how we’ve attacked it so far. Full focus on tomorrow now. I’m going to sleep well tonight and see what happens tomorrow.”
Devlin DeFrancesco in the No.30 Evtec Honda starts fifth and speaking following the action he said:
I’m hugely happy with a fifth-place start; mainly on the execution side. I feel our performance on the 30 car has been good. This is where I think our pace has been at certain rounds, especially at Barber last weekend. This is good redemption from Barber. We all sat down and spoke about execution. Hugely happy about today and now on to tomorrow and making sure we control the tire degradation, have good pit stops and run good in and out laps and making sure we get some good points tomorrow for the EVTEC team.”