Charlie Kimball's Blog

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20
RESULTS
Race: P16

RACE STATS
Finishing position: 16th
Starting position: 3rd
Pit stops: 7
Average speed: 183.28 mph
Cautions: 3 for 17 laps total
Lead changes: 42 among 10 drivers
Total race passes: 590
Championship standing: 17th

IN CK’S WORDS
“I’m really disappointed. I think the car had more in it than our results show. We had a mistake on that first pit stop but we recovered well from that, then got caught up in other people’s mess. That’s what happens when you run back there. At the end of the day, though, we didn’t have the car to keep moving forward. We were just kind of hanging out; the balance wasn’t there. It was really disappointing and frustrating, especially having so many friends from Novo Nordisk here today. Qualifying third, running that first stint in fourth, a great restart in the middle of the race… all of it makes this result that much harder to swallow.”

FROM PIT LANE
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
RESULTS
Practice 1: P13, 217.05 mph
Qualifying: P3, 219.369 mph (2-lap average)
Practice 3: P18, 213. 916 mph

IN CK’S WORDS
“I honestly didn’t expect our run to be that good. I’m really proud of that effort from the whole crew. Everyone from Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing really put their heads down between practice and qualifying and made some pretty significant changes that put us right there in the window. Having watched the 10 car run before us I knew the speed was there, we just had to go out and get it. Honestly I’m relieved with how much better the car was and I’m just really proud of my guys.”

FROM PIT LANE