Charlie Kimball's Blog

SUNDAY, JUNE 5
RESULTS
Qualifying 2: P11, 1:15.1345
Race 2: P16

RACE STATS
Pit stops: 4
Highest running position: 2nd
Fastest lap: 62
Average speed: 95.935 mph
Caution laps: 9
Lead changes: 5 among 6 drivers
Championship standing: 10th

IN CK’S WORDS
“It was a disappointing day for the Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing team. The No. 83 Tresiba® Chevrolet was definitely better than a 16th place finish. We got caught out by a yellow on that last stop. It’s really unfortunate with the pits closed – you’re just kind of racing to the luck of a yellow flag. We just missed it a little bit today. It’s disappointing, but we’ll come back stronger in Texas. I’m excited about getting back to Texas Motor Speedway where we finished seventh last year and had a really good test earlier in the year.”

FROM PIT LANE

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SATURDAY, JUNE 4
RESULTS
Practice 2: P18, 1:16.1888
Race 1: P8

RACE STATS
Pit stops: 4
Highest running position: 5th
Fastest lap: 41
Average speed: 97.143 mph
Caution laps: 8
Lead changes: 8 among 6 drivers
Championship standing: 10th

IN CK’S WORDS
“What a day. It’s hard to really describe the day because so much went on. We tried a bunch of strategies. The 83 guys on the stand were awesome – just trying to do something to get us in the best track position. I was racing guys hard, and honestly the No. 83 Tresiba® Chevrolet was better than eighth. It just didn’t quite work out on strategy. Between the rain drops, the way the yellows fell and who we were racing, we got a little bit caught up there. It was a tough day. Any time you’re racing in the Verizon IndyCar Series with such tight competition it’s not going to be easy, especially at such a physical track like this one. A big thanks to the Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing team and really all of Chip Ganassi Racing – I know they’ll be here late tonight getting the cars ready for the second race tomorrow.”

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FRIDAY, JUNE 3
RESULTS
Practice 1: P14, 1:16.709
Qualifying 1: P8, 1:15.6712

IN CK’S WORDS
“Frankly I’m really happy with the 83 team bouncing back after a tough practice session. We had a few different gremlins this morning – just things we haven’t ever seen before that we needed to deal with before qualifying. Overall I’m very happy to come away starting on the fourth row. I think we have a good opportunity to make moves forward during tomorrow’s race, and hopefully we can learn something from today’s qualifying that we can take away for qualifying for Sunday’s race.”

FROM PIT LANE

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