Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 Presented by Door Dash – Iowa Speedway
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
RACE 1 NOTES/QUOTES – Saturday, July 23, 2022
RAHAL 9TH, LUNDGAARD 10TH AND HARVEY 18TH IN THE HY-VEEDEALS.COM 250 AT IOWA SPEEDWAY
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 High Rock Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “It was a really tough start to the race for the High Rock Vodka machine. The first 100 laps were hell. The car that we had yesterday didn’t show up today for some reason and we didn’t even change anything so why that happened, who knows? We’ve got tonight to improve a little bit. But still to get a top nine feels good but of course we thought and felt like we would be a competitor for the podium today. Considering how difficult it was to finish ninth actually I’m not too unhappy with. I know it was a struggle for everybody but we found ourselves at the very back of the pack and worked our way all the way back up through on merit so we’ll take it and focus on tomorrow and getting the High Rock Vodka machine further forward.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 30 Shield Cleansers Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Iowa 1 done, my birthday race. It was a damn hot one, I am finished, destroyed. I don’t have any energy left. I left everything out there so im looking forward to getting a nice sleep tonight. It was a good result for the team. We came from 20th up to 10th and got Jimmie (Johnson) over the line so it was a good team result with Graham in ninth. We’ve got to keep digging.”
JACK HARVEY, 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I thought we had a really good car in qualifying obviously because we started seventh but finished the race 18th so it’s a pretty disappointing day. We’ve got a lot of work to do overnight.”
RLL AT IOWA: The Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend will mark the 13th and 14th events for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) at Iowa Speedway. The best finish for the team is third in 2020 Race 2 by Graham Rahal, 2018 by Takuma Sato and 2007 by Scott Sharp who also earned the top start for the team of fourth the same year. The team has earned three podiums (3rd – Rahal 2020 Race 2, Sharp 2007, Sato 2018) and 13, top-10 finishes at the track.
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