Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 Presented by Google – Iowa Speedway
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
RACE 2 NOTES/QUOTES – Sunday, July 24, 2022
RAHAL AND HARVEY FINISHED 14TH AND 20TH, RESPECTIVELY, IN THE HY-VEE SALUTE TO FARMERS 300 AT IOWA SPEEDWAY; LUNDGAARD RETIRED IN 26TH PLACE AFTER BRAKE FAILURE
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 High Rock Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “We finished 14th in the High Rock Vodka machine. Unfortunately, on that first stint, we stayed out too long and that cost us two laps and we ended up one lap down so we got one of those two back in the remainder of the race unfortunately we couldn’t get all the way. If you look, we passed Power on track, I passed Grosjean three times. I passed a lot of people that finished up front so we kind of put ourselves in a bind there on that first stint. We’ve got to learn from it. I’m pretty frustrated but overall I thought we brought a better car today than yesterday actually. We were much more competitive at the end there. Hats off to the boys for keeping their heads down and working hard. We had good pit stops today. We’re off to Indy from here.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 30 Shield Cleansers Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “We didn’t make it very far in the race due to a brake issue. Obviously, that’s quite unfortunate but it happens. I’m happier that it happened here than at Toronto. We’ve got to keep digging. Luckily, we did find an issue so that makes me a lot happier. Now we have full focus on the Indy road course.”
JACK HARVEY, 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I had a decent start, I thought. But our lack of speed is apparent as soon as you get going and I started to fall back. We went long, which I didn’t think was the right thing to do. And then there was something kind of weird like we didn’t get one of our laps back on that first wave around but we were just going to funnel to the back anyway. It’s disappointing that we didn’t do better for Hy-Vee this weekend after what I felt was a good qualifying. I felt like the momentum was with us in practice and then qualifying but that was not the case in the races.”
NEXT UP: The Gallagher Grand Prix is next Saturday, July 30 at the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.