“G2” breaks through with pair of top-six results in GP of Indy

Via MotorSportsTalk
May 12, 2014

This was one post I wanted to hit in the immediate aftermath of the Grand Prix of Indianapolis but between some of the other story lines, it waited a couple days.

But for the Novo Nordisk and NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing teams, the GP of Indy day was a needed result for both Charlie Kimball in the No. 83 and Ryan Briscoe in the No. 8 Chevrolet.

Both drivers sought to break through earlier this year and on Saturday, they ended fifth and sixth, respectively for their best finishes of the young season. And yet both could have been better if not for tough breaks.

Kimball had a shot at the podium if the Honda runners who ended 1-2, Simon Pagenaud and Ryan Hunter-Reay, needed to pit for a splash of fuel.

“My engineer, Brad Goldberg, and my team manager, Tom Wurtz, gave me the right pit stops at the right times and just let me go race the car,” Kimball said. “There were so many different strategies going on and all of those yellows made it challenging for our strategy because we had to run hard towards the end just to get back up into the top five after that last stop.”

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