Charlie Kimball's Blog

SUNDAY, JULY 30
RESULTS
Warmup: P19, 1:06.3907
Race: P13

RACE STATS
Finishing position: 13th
Starting position: 13th
Pit stops: 3
Average speed: 114.12 mph
Cautions: 1 for 4 laps total
Lead changes: 8 among 3 drivers
Championship standing: 18th

IN CK’S WORDS
“We just really struggled with the balance all day. The car was on a knife edge and I wasn’t confident enough in the car to really make the most out of it when we had clear track. We fought traffic a lot, but that’s what happens when you qualify mid-pack. Really a frustrating day. The bright spot was definitely the guys in pit lane. They work so hard day in and day out. I’m glad they’ll be getting a couple of weekends off now moving forward. I hope they can relax and get some time with their families, because when we come back to Pocono we’re going to be hungrier than ever.”

FROM PIT LANE

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SATURDAY, JULY 29
RESULTS
Practice 3: P12, 1:04.8202
Qualifying: P13, 1:04.9930

IN CK’S WORDS
“Pretty disappointed with qualifying, honestly. We made some big improvements this morning and then we seemed to lose our way a little bit this afternoon. We were within about three hundredths off transferring through to the top 12, which would’ve given us another shot to make the car better. I know there’s more in it for tomorrow, but we missed it a little bit, I missed it a little bit. The nice thing is that we have two sets of Firestone alternates, sticker alternates, plus the scrubbed set from qualifying to use tomorrow. We just need a little bit of strategy and I think we’ll have every opportunity to finish up front.”

FROM PIT LANE

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FRIDAY, JULY 28
RESULTS
Practice 1: P18, 1:05.7952
Practice 2: P15, 1:05.2065

IN CK’S WORDS
“Overall it wasn’t a good day at all for the No. 83 car. We missed the setup a little bit and we missed the timing. We really could’ve used that little bit of track time we lost this afternoon with the rain to get the car a little better. The nice thing is that the 9 car is quick, so we’ll have their data to learn from. I’m really encouraged by the stops in pit stop practice – the guys really crushed it today. We’ll carry that momentum forward to figure out what we need to do to qualify well tomorrow and finish up front on Sunday.”

FROM PIT LANE

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