CHEVROLET RACING
VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
ABC SUPPLY WISCONSIN 250 AT MILWAUKEE INDYFEST
THE MILWAUKEE MILE
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
AUGUST 16, 2014

WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET – POLE WINNER
HOW MANY OF THOSE VERIZON P1 AWARD HATS DO YOU HAVE?
“I think I have three this year, but just full credit to the Verizon crew. Definitely had a good car. I didn’t think I would be getting pole today, but really happy about it.”

HOW ABOUT ON THE START WHEN WE GO GREEN TOMORROW KNOWING YOU ARE IN THE MIDST OF A CHAMPIONSHIP HUNT AND YOU ARE GOING TO GO INTO TURN ONE AND EVERYONE IS BEHIND YOU HOW BIG IS THAT?
“Yeah, that is a start isn’t it? (Laughs) It’s just a great start to the three race chase you could say to the championship finish at Fontana.”

TONY KANAAN, NO. 10 HUGGIES CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 2ND
“I felt good about where we started here to be honest. Obviously the cars have been good on the ovals here lately for us, like at Pocono and Iowa, and it’s been no different with the Huggies car here this weekend. I was happy with the qualifying run and I think I even might have left a little bit on the table so I’m excited for the race.”

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, NO. 2 PPG TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 3RD
“We caught a break with the cloud cover, but I really don’t pay attention to that. Our PPG Chevy is pretty good. I had a bit of an understeer in qualifying, but we’ve been pretty conservative on the wing here at Milwaukee. The track kept getting quicker as it cooled off so I didn’t think that would be a pole-winning run. Congrats to Will for getting the Verizon P1 Pole Award for Team Penske. The third position is a great place to start the race tomorrow. I was confident coming into the weekend and nothing so far has changed my mind.”

RYAN BRISCOE, NO. 8 NTT DATA CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 4TH
“After recording my best lap in practice on my first timed lap out and then that qualifying effort, I think it’s apparent that testing here a month ago really helped us out. We were able to come into this weekend really confident with the car we had and go right out with some really fast times. We had some gearbox issues in the second practice and weren’t able to get a qualifying run in, but we did make some changes that we can use in the race tomorrow. After that second practice, we just decided to go back to our original setup and I think it worked out pretty well for us. It was a good solid run and it’s going to be really helpful tomorrow in the race that we’ll be starting up near the front.”

CHARLIE KIMBALL, NO. 83 NOVOLOG FLEXPEN CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 6TH
“That qualifying run felt really good. Two weeks ago at Mid-Ohio I came out of qualifying just completely crushed with the results. Since then we’ve focused on making sure we get a good qualifying run out of the No. 83 NovoLog FlexPen Chevrolet here in Milwaukee. We spent a lot of time today in practice getting the car ready for the race tomorrow, and trying a couple different things. We still need to make a few changes before green flag, but I feel like we got about 95% out of the car today and I’m just really happy with the result.”

ED CARPENTER, NO. 20 FUZZY’S ULTRA PREMIUM VODKA/ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 7TH
“I thought we would be a little quicker in qualifying than seventh since we were second in the afternoon practice. But this ties my best qualifying here (2006) and I am pleased with race car setup. Just wish I could have gotten a little more out of the Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevy today. I was faster on my second lap but I slid a little turns three and four. I have always loved coming to Milwaukee to race and even watch when I was younger. I like the history here and the tough challenge of driving the flat track. I feel good about coming into Sunday’s race. (on the new announcement) “I’m very excited for the future. But to be honest, I want to go out with a big performance for Ed Carpenter Racing in the last three races. This team has had a great year (3 wins and Indy 500 pole) and I want to win again badly. Then move on to the future with Sarah (Fisher) and Wink (Hartman). We feel we can improve our performance with a two-car team. There is a lot of talent between the two teams.”

HELIO CASTRONEVES, NO. 3 HITATCHI CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 8TH
“I wasn’t the first one out, but I knew that going out early was going to be a bit of a disadvantage. You could tell on the second lap that the track was just going to get better and better. Starting up front is good, but it’s not essential to winning. You can definitely pass here at Milwaukee and pit strategy is always key. I thought the Hitachi Chevy was decent in race mode. If we can find a bit more speed we can make it interesting tomorrow.”

SCOTT DIXON, NO. 9 TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 11TH
“We unloaded fast in the Target car and had a good first few practice sessions here at Milwaukee. We never seemed to get a clear lap in the second practice session so the times were a bit misleading. In qualifying I was just fighting understeer the whole time so we have some work to do tonight.”

SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS, NO. 11 MISTIC KVSH RACING CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 18TH
“It was obviously a tough day for the Mistic E-Cigs – KVSH Racing team. We unloaded the car and tried a couple of things, but with a limited amount of tires and track time, it is not easy to work some magic. We were hoping we had fixed most of the problem for qualifying, but it didn’t work out. Hopefully, we will get a bit of a break tomorrow because track position is quite key here. Right now it looks like it is going to be up to Jimmy (co-owner and team strategist Jimmy Vasser), the guys on the scoring stand and the Mistic crew to make it happen.”

SEBASTIAN SAAVEDRA, NO. 17 AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS KV AFS CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED 21ST
“Hard weekend so far for the Automatic Fire Sprinklers – KV AFS Racing team. Not being able to test here has definitely taken its toll unfortunately , which is something we have to accept as a team. We haven’t been very competitive and are trying to sort things out so that we have a solid car for the race tomorrow. It wasn’t our best qualifying, but I feel more confident on our race pace so hopefully tomorrow we will be able to catch up and move through the field.”