CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
RAINGUARD WATER SEALERS 600
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST QUALIFYING RECAP
JUNE 9, 2017
FT. WORTH: Team Chevy drivers qualified for the Verizon IndyCar Series Rainguard Water Sealers 600K at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday evening as follows:
WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 9TH: “We had a good run in qualifying but we needed a little more. We’ll start ninth which isn’t terrible but not ideal either. We still have final practice and are ready to look for more speed. The No. 12 Verizon Chevrolet team and myself have some ideas we’re ready to try. Our cars have been good in the races all season and there’s no reason to think that will change.”
HELIO CASTRONEVES, NO. 3 AAA INSURANCE CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 10TH: “We’re going to start 10th in tomorrow’s race here at Texas. It’s not what I hoped for but the No. 3 AAA Chevrolet team and myself have some things we want to work on for final practice. The one thing about this track is that you never know what’s going to happen. It always has a surprise or two. We’re ready to get back on track soon.”
SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 1 DXC TECHNOLOGY TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 12TH: “I was really hoping for more for our No. 1 DXC Technology Chevrolet. We ran about the same in practice as qualifying. It’s ok. We’re going to work on the car more before final practice and see what we can figure out and go from there. I do think we’ll have a good car for the race, though.”
ED CARPENTER, NO. 20 FUZZY’S VODKA ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 14TH: “We are still all trying to figure this place out. Our balance could have been a little bit better and I could have gone harder on the warm up lap. Both would have helped our qualifying speed, but we’ll focus on practice tonight and see what we can do from there.”
JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 2 HUM BY VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 17TH: “I’m a little bummed about where we qualified. We worked on the car during first practice and couldn’t find the speed we needed to head into qualifying. It’s disappointing but the No. 2 Hum by Verizon Chevy team and I are looking forward to final practice to see what we can do to find more speed. We’ll be able to get things sorted out and be ready for the race tomorrow night.”
JR HILDEBRAND, NO. 21 FUZZY’S VODKA ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 18TH: “I felt great in the practice session this afternoon. I am super surprised by our lack of speed in qualifying. We were running faster than that on our own on used tires in practice. We’ve got another practice to run later on today and we’ll get back with the program.”
GABBY CHAVES, NO. 88 HARDING RACING CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 20TH:
CONOR DALY, NO. 4 ABC SUPPLY AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 21ST: “We trimmed out a lot but there’s just no speed in the car and I don’t really know why. It felt balanced but we’re just a little ways off so we’ll work to have a better car for the race. The car did feel okay in traffic earlier so hopefully we have a good car for the race.”
QUOTE FROM LARRY FOYT, PRESIDENT OF AJ FOYT ENTERPRISES REGARDING CARLOS MUNOZ, NO. 14 ABC SUPPLY AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 22ND (NO TIME, NO SPEED): “It was too bad the guys had a little issue and we were a couple minutes late to get in line (for tech inspection). Due to that the League said we couldn’t qualify. It’s a shame and it’s on us. We’ll figure out why it happened and we won’t let it happen again. You can still do really well from starting in the back here so hopefully we’ll have a good race car. We have final practice tonight and we’ll go out and do the best we can.”