Team Penske’s season-long struggles continued at the Mid-Ohio Sportscar course on Saturday.
Josef Newgarden in the No.2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet starts the race on Sunday from 18th and speaking following the action he said:
I felt like we had a really good car today. The field is just so tight that, like, little things make a big difference, and I feel like we could have transferred if I just finished the last few turns on our lap. So it’s unfortunate that we’re starting where we’re starting, because we have a really good car.
Scott McLaughlin in the No.3 Odyssey Batteries Team Penske Chevrolet starts the race from 01:05.8530s and speaking following the action he said:
I was getting held up. You get into a bad spot, you have to back off and you can’t use the tire at the right spot. I’m really bummed for the Odyssey Battery team. I generally feel like it should have been easy to transfer there. It’s pretty bad.”
Will Power in the No.12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet starts the race from 22nd place with a time of 01:05.6745s.
On getting clear track during qualifying?
“Much much better. There’s only 12 cars on track. Oh, man-our whole season would be different if we just had half-a-tenth in a bunch of qualifying sessions this year.”
“Which goes to show how competitive this series is. When you get it right, it’s rewarding. But when you get it even just that little bit wrong, it can bite you. Not even what you feel is wrong. Like, there’s no mistakes in there. But, when you go from p six to P12 was on the same tenth, it’s amazing. It shows the series, man. It’s no joke.”
On different strategies with the extra set of red tires?
“I think so. It definitely is nice that we saved some reds and, maybe we do something else, some sort of a different strategy. We’ll see how it plays out tomorrow.”
Team Penske announced this week that Jonathan Diuguid has been promoted to President of Penske Racing while Travis Law has been named Competition Director of Penske Racing Inc.