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“We had the fastest car on Wednesday – which was great, but we had some troubles toward the end of the week so today we’ve just been getting up to speed. Are first run we just didn’t have the balance, but our last run was great! I really have to give credit to the whole […]

“We just lost the balance and maybe went with the wrong downforce for the higher track temps for qualifying mid-day compared to the beginning of the day. This morning we were P6, we just lost it with the wrong downforce level so will have to be smart with strategy tomorrow for the DHL car.” The […]

“We really had a not so promising practice session (this morning), then in qualifying we had a good lap in. I was really charging for it and dropped the left rear (tire) off in the exit of (Turn) 9, just enough to make me lift. It would have put us P4 in my group – […]

“It was a disappointing day. Our worst qualifying at Long Beach before today was fourth, so to come out of here starting 11th is mind boggling to say the least. We’ll have to go back and look at the data for the DHL Honda, see what we can do for tomorrow and hopefully have a […]

“First, I am glad Carlos is alright. Pulling 5G’s (of downforce) around here is one thing and when that string breaks and you hit the wall, it’s a massive hit. I am glad he’s alright. This morning we were quite a bit slower than the competition, we were 11th and the top Honda so we […]

“We have to go back and talk about the race car, we were just focused on qualifying. It’s a new (aero) kit, it’s a work in progress. I have to talk myself into being happy about qualifying the DHL Honda sixth today, that’s hard to do, but it’s better than we qualified last year here. […]

“It was a good day after breaking the track record in practice one this morning. I had a really good car this morning. The heat made things a little bit more difficult for qualifying but, as they say, it’s the same for everyone. We had P1 locked up for a good part of the (Firestone) […]

“I think that was a good run. We could have been a little bit better maybe, but you have to be careful. Especially considering what happened with Charlie (Kimball) there — you can overstep it here. It’s a fine line. Usually for 500-mile races it’s not a big deal for qualifying, you don’t put much […]