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106th Running of the Indianapolis 500
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
FINAL PRACTICE NOTES/QUOTES – May 23, 2022
PRACTICE IS COMPLETE FOR THE 2022 INDY 500; THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE PREP FOR CARB DAY ON FRIDAY
1) Alex Palou 229.441 mph
12) Christian Lundgaard 225.616 mph
23) Jack Harvey 224.463 mph
26) Graham Rahal 224.389 mph
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 United Rentals Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “The United Rentals car was not bad today. I think it’s going to be quite challenging in the back of the pack and I think we are going to have to work really good on strategy and stuff to be able to find our way forward. The biggest thing is to not make any mistakes and get ourselves further back. I think our car was fairly competitive today. We ran similar downforce as what we are going to see in the race and a lot of guys looked like they ran much higher downforce levels which I think is going to be tricky for them come race day when you can’t match that. All in all it was a solid day. We’d like to be quicker but so far so good.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 30 PeopleReady Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Practice is done and we were P12 but I’m not necessarily that happy with the car’s performance but we will work on it. We have Carb Day to go and I’m confident that we can work forward. The time didn’t seem to be that bad in terms of speed but it’s all about being comfortable. It’s a long race. We got there towards the end, we were moving in the right direction. Obviously P12 is not bad position wise, the two other guys are very happy with the car so we are going to do a debrief and speak about the differences in the car and make sure that we are the ones that come out on top.”
JACK HARVEY, 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “So that’s the last practice before Carb Day. I think we made pretty good progress today with our race car. We ended not too unhappy, I think we found a good direction path to spend the next few days talking about, looking at and exploring, and be ready for Carb Day. I think we ended with some promise and I that’s a really good place for us to be to have a nice little break here for a few days. We will come back and figure out how we turn our No. 45 Hy-Vee Honda from looking not too shabby to really good.”
NEXT UP: Carb Day practice will take plac from 11-1 p.m. ET on Friday, May 27. Get a behind-the-scenes look at preparations for the 106th Indianapolis 500 via the Digital Ally Garage Camera on www.rahal.com. NBC will televise the Indy 500 on Sunday, May 29 beginning at 11 a.m. ET.