Dale Coyne Racing’s Jacob Abel in the No.51 Blue Oval Honda had his career-best NTT INDYCAR SERIES race at Detroit on Sunday.
After missing last weekend’s Grestest Spectacle In Racing, Abel was in 20th after the opening lap of the race and came home in 15th place.
Speaking following the action he said:
Overall, it was a bit of an unlucky day for us in the No. 51 car after knowing we had a strong race car heading into today. On Lap 1, we got hit hard in the rear and had a bunch of damage that we were nursing for the rest of the race. We made a risky strategy call at the end that looked like it might pay off we were passing a few cars but ultimately, the green tires fell off near the end. That said, we had much better pace this weekend than we’ve had before, made a lot of improvements, and it’s a solid weekend we can build on moving forward.”
Rinus VeeKay retired from the race with a mechanical failure and speaking following the action he said:
I was saving my right front, trying to make the greens last as long as possible, and coming onto the main straightaway, I suddenly had no power lost a lot of power and too many positions. I tried to fix it any way I could out there, but there was a big vibration, so clearly a major mechanical issue. Really unfortunate because we qualified really well and had great pace. It could have been a really good day, but unfortunately, we just didn’t have the luck we needed