Conor Daly, driver of the No.76 Juncos Hollinger Racing, says the team learned quite a lot from Sunday’s Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.
The Noblesville native started the race from 19th and that is where he finished and speaking following the action he said:
“In the beginning, we got blocked by another car and then got hit on lap one, so that kind of killed our momentum a little bit, which is a shame because I thought I had a great start! Honestly our first two stints felt great. The pace on reds is good. We just need to improve our pace on the primary tire, and we’ve got to figure out the best possible strategies for these all-green (flag) races. It seems like we are just missing a little bit on clear track and a few opportunities there. Honestly I think actually we learned quite a lot. Gotta figure out what happens at the next race. But we will be in good shape when we go to Indy.”
Sting Ray Robb, No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet came home in 22nd place and speaking following the action he commented saying:
“Barber this year-we finished the race. Something we haven’t been able to do the last couple of years so that is good. It is nice to have seen the second half of the race here. I think there was a lot to learn. It seems like INDYCAR is holding trend to no yellows – which is unbelievable.
“Good job to the team to work hard this weekend. It was a long day day out there. We kept fighting but unfortunately ended up in the same spot. That was just kind of the way the day went. Everyone was on the same strategy. Not a lot of variability. But made it fun to race against those guys. Hopefully we can go into Indy road course with some lessons learned.”