Charlie Kimball's Blog

SATURDAY, JUNE 10
RESULTS
Race: 21st

RACE STATS
Finishing position: 21st
Starting position: 1st
Pit stops: 1
Laps led: 26
Average speed: 180.257 mph
Cautions: 9 for 65 laps total
Lead changes: 23 among 7 drivers
Championship standing: 18th
Note: The No. 83 was forced to retire on lap 41 due to a mechanical issue.

IN CK’S WORDS
“I’m obviously gutted for the Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing guys. We had such a good day yesterday winning the pole, and we had a lot of momentum heading into today’s race. The No. 83 Tresiba Honda was really fast and I believe we had a good chance to win tonight, which makes it even more frustrating that a mechanical failure ended our day. The guys did everything they could to get the 83 back out on track, but it just wasn’t in the cards for us. This one really hurts. I’m glad we have a weekend to regroup and get our heads back in the game for Road America.”

FROM PIT LANE

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FRIDAY, JUNE 9
RESULTS
Practice 1: P2, 221.861 mph
Qualifying: P1, 222.556 mph [new track record]
Practice 2: P13, 221.151 mph

IN CK’S WORDS
“I’m really excited to be on pole. The guys totally deserve it. Everyone at Chip Ganassi Racing has been working so hard and the boys have had my back all year long through the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s so nice to be able to repay them with a pole position here at Texas Motor Speedway. The No. 83 Tresiba Honda was really good right out of the box and Todd made a few adjustments that made it better during the course of practice. During qualifying we just took a swing at it, went out and got the job done.”

FROM PIT LANE

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