The second Hy-Vee 250 at the Milwaukee Mile on Sunday was a fantastic race for AJ Foyt Racing’s Santino Ferrucci in the No.14 Phoenix Investors Chevrolet.
Ferrucci qualified 12th but started the race from ninth due to an opening lap caution.
It was a great event for the Connecticut native as he followed up his fourth place finish on Saturday with a second fourth place finish.
The result was Ferrucci’s tenth top ten finish of the season and sees him maintain his tenth place in the championship, 38 points ahead of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Christian Lundgaard and just 11 points behind ninth placed Alexander Rossi of Arrow McLaren.
Speaking following Sunday’s race, Ferrucci said:
The crew’s done a great job all weekend. It’s really, really tough, especially in these quite tight turnarounds. Great job on stops all day. We only had one bobble, I think, all weekend. But considering we did probably 10 or so pit stops under pressure, they did a great job. And Engineering did a great job, all around. Hard to beat.”
ALMOST ANOTHER PODIUM, WHAT A DRIVE
“Yeah, just tough. Its such a competitive field. So tight, so hard to win, so hard to get on the podium you know? We were there all day just….that’s what we had. That was it.”
YOU KEEP PUSHING FOR THAT TOP TEN IN POINTS TOO
“Running down that 7 car man. Would love to beat him.”
It was a disappointing day for Sting Ray Robb in the No.41 Goodheart/PRAY.COM Chevrolet who was forced to retire from the race after contact with the wall.
Speaking following the action he said:
“A tough weekend overall. When we spun in the middle of the race that caught us out on an early set of tires there, and so we actually had to go long on our last couple sets, which just made us survive. I felt like the track progression just kept getting worse and worse and worse. So we were just surviving, and I got like, maybe a tire width too high, and the car just didn’t turn and went straight into the wall. So quick end to our day. We go into Nashville with hopefully a better race weekend ahead of us.”
AJ Foyt Racing Team President Larry Foyt was delighted with how the weekend went for the team.
It’s a really rewarding weekend here at Milwaukee, especially for the 14 team and Santino. “I can’t think of any drivers that were more exciting to watch than Santino this weekend, and the crew did a great job in the pits. For us to get two top-fives here just really shows how far our team’s come. Everyone, including the 41 team, has really put a big effort in, and I think it’s really showing with the way we’ve been performing lately. I do feel bad for the 41 guys. Sting Ray’s accident, he was doing a good job, but he’ll return stronger at Nashville. Our whole group is behind him and we’re just looking forward to finishing the season in a really strong way.”