Ryan Hunter-Reay comes to the Iowa Speedway as the winner of the Milwaukee IndyFest, leading 84 laps for his second win at the Milwaukee Mile and his sixth career IndyCar victory. The driver of the No. 28 DHL / Sun Drop machine is now in fourth place in the IZOD IndyCar Series point standings, 10 points behind his Andretti Autosport teammate Hinchcliffe after eight of 16 races in the 2012 season.
“Marco (Andretti) won there last year, so combined with my win (at Milwaukee), Andretti Autosport really goes in with a lot of momentum. Even though Iowa is a 7/8-mile track, it races a lot more like a mile-and-a-half super speedway than it does a short track. It’s high-banked, so it’s a reset from Milwaukee, which is flat. You really have to have a super speedway mentality to race there.
“I’m interested to see what we have with the new car and new downforce – we don’t know what to expect there (at Iowa). With the qualifying heats, it’s going to be mixed-up but we’ll make the most of it. It’s tough because you’ll really have to take it easy and not hurt your race car in a heat race. Marco tested there and said it would be tough to pass, but it’s always been that way in the past, and then we start the race and it becomes a ‘passfest!'”
Did You Know: After Hunter-Reay’s win at Milwaukee, Andretti Autosport has now won the last three short oval (one mile or less) races for the IZOD IndyCar Series. Andretti is the defending winner at Iowa, and Hunter-Reay won the race last year at Loudon, New Hampshire.
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