AJ Foyt Racing Team President Larry Foyt says that the opening race of the Milwaukee Mile double-header weekend was thrilling for the No.14 Phoenix Investors Chevrolet.
Santino Ferrucci kept up his top-ten finishes with a brilliant drive from 19th on the grid to finish the race in fourth place. In doing so, he is now 23 points clear of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Christian Lundgaard in the race for tenth place in the drivers standings with just two races remaining this season.
Speaking following the race, Larry Foyt said:
“It was a thrilling race for car 14. Santino put on a great show, made some amazing passes, and the guys did a great job in the pits. And we really had a shot for a top three, if not a win, but just came up a little bit short. For some reason, the car lost some balance on the last set of tires, but we’ll take a fourth place. It’s a great points day for the 14 car. Sting Ray was doing a great job. Unfortunately, they were hit in the pits, and it ended a good run for Sting Ray. We know we have fast cars, so we’re going to give it another go tomorrow.”
The result was Ferrucci’s best of the season and speaking following the 250 lap race, he said:
Honestly, I can’t thank this team enough. “We knew we had a good car. We didn’t hit it right qualifying, definitely had it right (tonight) especially in the middle of that race. Man, we were moving around. Honestly, hats off to (Conor) Daly. Obviously, we probably aren’t each other’s favorites, but give credit where it’s due. Good to see him on the podium and he drove a hell of a race. I felt like there were a couple of us out there on restarts driving all over the place. Honestly, it was dirt racing style. We were throwing sliders into (turn) three. It was awesome.
“I just really trusted the right rear. I knew I could throw it down into (turn) three flat out, turn it in, and set it, and the thing would not just slide out from under me or push up into the car above me. Honestly, hats off to our engineering crew again. Just killing it. Can’t wait for tomorrow. We start a little bit further up, which will be nice. It’ll be a little different in the heat. Obviously, when it got a little cooler, we kind of lost the overall balance so I’m looking forward to that.”
Ferrucci will roll off from 12th place later today.