Kimball banks second straight GP of Indianapolis top-five finish

Via MotorSportsTalk

As in 2014, Charlie Kimball wasn’t really on the radar heading into the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis, but emerged at the end of the race with his first top-five finish of the season.

Last year it was a 23rd to fifth, and this year it was a 14th to fifth run aboard the No. 83 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet.

The result today is not only his first top-five but also his first top-10 result of the year.

Kimball had to take the escape road to avoid the first corner chaos and wound up one of several drivers who pitted on Lap 2. He was back to the top-10 – in 10th – by Lap 34 and made it to the lead by Lap 62 before making his final pit stop of the race.

The gained track position over those 60 laps put him in position to not lose too much when he made his final stop. He reemerged in sixth, which became his final finishing position of fifth once James Hinchcliffe pitted for the final time on an off-sequence strategy on Lap 75.

“A lot of it came to the car just being that good,” Kimball told ABC’s Jon Beekhuis post-race. “A lot of credit goes to the Team Chevy guys. The aero kits are competitive in the corners, and had the horsepower down the straights.

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