Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
107th Running of the Indianapolis 500
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
PRACTICE DAY NOTES/QUOTES – May 17, 2023
HARVEY, RAHAL, LEGGE AND LUNDGAARD HAD A PRODUCTIVE FIRST DAY AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN PREPARATION FOR THE INDY 500
1) Takuma Sato 229.439 mph
11) Jack Harvey 226.895 mph
13) Graham Rahal 226.716 mph
31) Katherine Legge 224.461 mph
32) Christian Lundgaard 224.300 mph
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 United Rentals Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Day one has come to a close here or our day one as it was supposed to be day two for Indy. It was a solid day. We did some qualifying sims early that seemed okay. We’ve got a little bit of speed to find for sure there. Then at the end of the day we just focused on race running. The positive is that we made really good gains with the car and ended up 13th on the time charts. We didn’t have the sixth gear or the gearing period to do some of the speeds that the other guys did. You know I thought we did some good gains there we just need to see. Tomorrow, I think we’ll go more towards Jack’s setup. He seems very happy and let’s see where we can get the United Rentals car from there.”
JACK HARVEY, No. 30 PeopleReady Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “It was a significantly better day than what we had at the open test. We’re just doing better in about every way. I thought our Q (qualifying) sim seemed productive. I thought our race running was a lot better and yeah just a significantly better day than when we were at the open test. I think overall we can put this in the good day category. And you need these good days to start the month of May in a positive way.”
KATHERINE LEGGE, No. 44 Hendrickson Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I felt like today went relatively well. It doesn’t show it on the times so I think we’re more like P14 in ‘no tow’ times. I think that’s pretty representative. We spent a good amount of time feeling not so comfortable and a little bit loose and scarring myself and the guys did an awesome job dialing that out. At the end of the day, I was super happy with the car. I wish I had gotten to go play with the rest of them in traffic but it’s better that we get everything fixed now and we can go do that later in the week.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “We’re finally back out at the Speedway. Just looking at my arms, my right arm is bigger than my left arm. I don’t think the position really matters today, as you see the big tow times at the end of the day. I feel like we’re a bit stronger on the no-tow times. So, I’m not too concerned at this point. We found a few things and small changes had a big impact.”
NEXT UP: Practice will resume tomorrow from 12-6 p.m. ET. Get a behind-the-scenes look at preparations for the 107th Indianapolis 500 via the Digital Ally Garage Camera on www.rahal.com.