Scott McLaughlin in the No.3 Good Ranchers Team Penske Chevrolet went into today’s Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix as the defending race winner at Barber Motorsports Park. The New Zealander started the race from the front row in second place and came home in third place. Speaking following the action, he commented saying:
The Good Ranchers Chevy has been fast the last three years. We didn’t have enough today. Props to Alex (Palou) and Lundgaard as well, who was super quick. We had the third best car today. It was a very interesting race, but I wish we had a little bit more tire life on our car. But overall we’re all good.
Will Power in the No.12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet started the race from fourth place, came home in fifth place, and is in ninth place in the championship. Speaking following the action, he commented, saying:
If we saved fuel, we could have gone a lap longer. We should have tried to cover VeeKay. There was a bit of hard racing there. It was still a good day for the Verizon Chevy with the strategy we chose. We could have over cut and got a couple of people. It was a difficult decision, but still a good day
During the race, Power got upset with the team.
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Josef Newgarden in the No.2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet started the race from ninth place and came home in tenth place and as a result is in 11th place in the championship heading to the Sonsio Grand Prix of Indianapolis on the IMS road course next weekend. Speaking following the race on Sunday, Newgarden said:
Just a decent day. At least got a decent result. P10-nothing to brag about. At least we got some points and a clean day which is probably the most important at the moment. Lacked a little bit of speed in the race. The team executed really well. We just wanted to get as much as we could. Just disappointed we couldn’t drive forward a little bit more. Sometimes its all you have on a weekend. Everyone did a great job. We rallied pretty aggressively on Saturday just to try to compensate for the hybrid issue. The team did a good job sticking with it and getting what we could out of it. Again, just brought home a solid result. Something we can build on to get a podium or a victory here hopefully soon.