Live from the Grand Prix of Portland
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
RESULTS
Race: P7
RACE STATS
Finishing position: 7th
Starting position: 25th
Pit stops: 4
Average speed: 102.799 mph
Cautions: 4 for 18 laps total
Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers
Race passes: 196 total; 146 for position
Championship standing: 17th
DEBRIEF
“This Carlin team just doesn’t have any ‘give up’ in them – they don’t know the meaning of the words. I’m proud of these guys, they just stayed with it all day. They worked the fuel strategy, gave me the fuel numbers and lap times that I needed, and we were able to get it with the car. We made a pretty significant change to the No. 23 Novo Nordisk Chevrolet overnight and it really helped our pace throughout the race. I just can’t stress how proud I am of these guys. Yesterday was pretty frustrating and disheartening, but they didn’t let it slow them down today. We had great pit stops and a great strategy, so all I really had to do was drive it into the top 10.”
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
RESULTS
Practice 3: P23, 58.4342
Qualifying: P25, 58.3219
DEBRIEF
“Obviously I’m disappointed with how we qualified today. We made some big strides forward yesterday with the No. 23 Novo Nordisk Chevrolet from the test we did here on Thursday, and even this morning I was still feeling pretty good with where we were. It just didn’t go our way out there. I’m still confident in our race pace and I think with a little bit of strategy we could still come out of Portland with a good result.”
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31
RESULTS
Practice 1: P21, 58.3897
Practice 2: P14, 57.885
DEBRIEF
“From the first lap we ran today, the No. 23 Novo Nordisk Chevrolet was better than it was yesterday during the test. We worked through a lot on yesterday’s test day and we were able to dig through so much data to come up with a better starting point this morning. Do we still have room to improve? Absolutely, but at the same time we have a solid direction now and we have a really good idea of where we need to go to get stronger throughout the rest of the weekend.”
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