Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 Presented by Door Dash – Iowa Speedway
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
PRACTICE NOTES/QUOTES – Friday, July 22, 2022
RAHAL, HARVEY AND LUNDGAARD SET THE EIGHTH, 13TH AND 16TH FASTEST TIME IN THE LONE PRACTICE FOR THE HY-VEE INDYCAR WEEKEND AT IOWA SPEEDWAY
1st: Will Power 00:18.5729 / 173.285 mph
8th: Graham Rahal 00:18.8242 / 170.971 mph
13th: Jack Harvey 00:18.8918 / 170.360 mph
16th: Christian Lundgaard 00:18.9276 / 170.037 mph
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 High Rock Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “We were P8 in the High Rock Vodka machine in practice. Honestly, it was a pretty good session. We didn’t get a good qual run there at the end. I don’t know that we’ve got enough pace, qualifying wise to be in the front couple of rows but I think P5-on-back is all to play for. Our car is pretty good. Our race car is very solid, I think so I’m excited for our pace and happy for the guys. I think we’ve unloaded pretty competitive again. With two big races, man it is going to be physical again. Its super-hot here. Hopefully we have a good qualifying run tomorrow morning and a good race in the afternoon.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 30 Shield Cleansers Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Practice is done in Iowa. I wouldn’t say it was as good as I expected it to be. I think obviously after the test our expectations might have been a little higher because we rolled off the truck pretty competitive. The car seems to struggle a little over the bumps. I’m struggling a little with trusting the car and having confidence in it so that something that needs to be improved but it’s in the making already. I think we did find some improvements so it’s about putting the best package together for tomorrow and obviously not having the luxury to change anything between qualifying and the race. It’s about having a car in qualifying that you want to race.”
JACK HARVEY, 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “That’s the only practice session, done here in the Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend and I think we’ve unloaded with a pretty-decent car actually. I was pretty happy with the balance. Obviously it’s hard to get a clear track here for qualifying runs but I think we can definitely put our 45 Hy-Vee Honda in the top-10 so I’m optimistic we can have a good race in front for Hy-Vee home race and home crowd.”
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 11, top-10 finishes at the track.
NEXT UP: The Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 Presented by Door Dash will be televised on NBC beginning at 3 pm ET on Saturday, July 23. Timing and Scoring information is available for all sessions from www.indycar.com and includes commentary by the INDYCAR Radio Network.