Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Louis Foster in the No.45 Droplight Desnuda Tequila Honda started the XPEL Grand Prix of Road America from pole and csme home in 11th.
Speaking following qualifying he said:
“I don’t really know what to say,’ said a smiling Foster following receiving a hug from RLL co-owner, Bobby Rahal. “Obviously a massive thank you to the team. They’ve done an amazing job. They were confident in the ability of the car and myself to be able to push into the Fast Six, which obviously was the right call in the end. Top six starting spot for us is awesome alone.
“Then we just ran out, did the out-lap and pushed on the used reds. By the time I went through turn one, I was about 2/10ths up, then maintained that throughout the lap. Gained about a 10th or so in a couple corners. The reds held on really, really well clearly. Yeah, I’m still a little bit in shock.”
Following his 11th place finish, Foster is just two points away from leading the INDYCAR rookie of the year standings and following Sunday’s action he said:
“It was a decent race I think. “We probably got the most out of it that we could. Obviously starting P1 and finishing P11, you don’t love but we struggled so much on the blacks. And a lot of other drivers did three red tire stints, and we only did two. That’s what really made the race for them. We got a few places at the end and took the result from being a pretty average result to a decent one. But we scored our season best result of 11th, so I’m not overly disappointed. However, I feel like there was more on the table for the Droplight team today.”