“I’m a bit banged up, sore, what you’d expect from a hit like that. It’s really unfortunate because this DHL Honda was a rocket here in the test just a week and a half ago. We came with a few different things in the car, but really we found that the real issue was just a cross-weight issue. The car was just mechanically a little bit too aggressive. We could have made qualifying, but the battle is that if you don’t make your space in line in tech, then you’re not allowed to qualify. This is the location of our last win, and hopefully we can get this 28 DHL car back into victory lane. Last year we came from the back as well, hopefully we can make it happen with Justin (Wilson) on our minds the whole way. It’s unfortunate but tomorrow’s the race and it’s 500 miles… And the backup car we went to is the car we won with here last year.”
Defending ABC Supply 500 race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay was forced to make a switch to his backup car following hard contact with Turn 2 during the morning practice session. Despite the impressive efforts of the DHL crew, the 28 backup was not ready to present at technical inspection at the assigned time and therefore not allowed to qualify for tomorrow’s 500-mile race. Hunter-Reay will take the green flag from the back of the field in the 22nd position.
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