DHL driver Ryan Hunter-Reay entered the weekend second in points and made his first career standing start for today’s 85-lap race from the fourth grid position. The reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion ran up front throughout the race and was on target for a top-five finish when the No. 1 machine was collected in a Turn 1 incident just two laps before the checkered flag. Hunter-Reay recorded a 19th-place finish as a result of the incident.
“Will (Power) was coming out from the bottom. I had a good run going on the outside, I was right next to him and he just – he was sliding across the patch, I talked to him and he just said he got loose on the bottom and he just drove right up into us. There’s two lanes going through (Turn 1), everybody kind of respects that and… I don’t think he drove into me on purpose, but we were taken out of the race. We had a good day going and had a decent car. We hung on today, that’s what I was doing. I think we had a chance at a podium, maybe a fourth (place finish), I would have been happy with that. The DHL Chevy was a little lacking grip this weekend and we were just trying to hang out. Had a good race; I tried really hard to just keep it right there; got up to third at one point. But… we got taken out again.”
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