Josef Newgarden in the No.2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet says he felt he had a top five car in Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix of Road America.
The Tennessee native suffered his second successive retirement in what has been a disappointing season to date.
Newgarden who has dropped to seventeenth in the championship commented:
I really feel that the PPG Chevy was a top five car today. Our strategy likely wasn’t going to work out to where we could win but it is disappointing to find ourselves with another DNF. We had to pit off strategy for our second stop for a tire puncture, which put us in the strategy position we were in. Just pushing hard there on black tires to try and keep up with the 9 car and just pushed too hard in Turn 14.”
Scott McLaughlin in the No.3 XPEL Chevrolet came home in 12th and speaking following the action he said:
Just an unfortunate day today. That’s about all I can say. We drove out to the lead there but those early yellows just gave so many opportunities to do something different with strategy. In the end that is what got us. I appreciate all of the support from XPEL for the No. 3 team and we really want to win this race for them and for Chevy. That’s racing.”
Will Power in the No.12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet ended the race in 14th and speaking following the action he said:
Tough day for the Verizon Chevy team with where the yellows fell for us. Couldn’t do much with that. Another rough day for us, man. Very, very, very tough season. Move onto the next one