CHEVROLET RACING IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM CHEVY SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN QUICK QUOTE
JULY 3, 2022
SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WINS AT MID-OHIO; SCORES SEVENTH WIN OF 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES SEASON FOR CHEVROLET
Second Win of the Season for McLaughlin and his Thirsty 3s Odyssey Battery Team Penske Chevrolet
Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Odyssey Battery Team Penske Chevrolet, won today at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course taking home the trophy for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.
It Is the second win of the season for McLaughlin and the seventh of the nine races run for Chevrolet in the NTT INDYCAR Series.
Quick quote:
“It’s amazing. I really wanted to get a win here with mom and dad here. And our first time we have had Odyssey Battery on the car and you know it was it was awesome as well to have them on board but that mom and dad is very special on America’s weekend.
“Last night I was dressed up as a bald eagle, so maybe I need to do that every year, July 4 weekend.
“It was tough. You know, you’re thinking about fuel but thankfully obviously Chevy gave us the great fuel mileage and driveability off the restarts that allowed me to get a little bit of a gap from Palou and the Honda there so I’m really really proud of the guys for the car they gave me even though it was a little hard to drive towards the end. I would love to make it a little bit easier for myself but I’m super proud. Everyone did great pitstops from this car three, the thirsty threes, baby we’re going to the moon.
“Yeah, it was, it was tough, because, you know, my car sort of went away a little bit towards the end of the race, you know, it was good at the start. I think once a tire that the track changed a little bit and got a little bit dirty and bits and pieces, they got hard to sort of put the power down, which was making it hard to defend, but it is what it is we’ll learn and move on. But I think we’ve made some changes that certainly helped us today. And thankfully we did them.
“Yeah, look, it’s great momentum for us at the end of day this isINDYCAR you know, things can happen all the time. And I think we’ve had great pace to be in the top five, you know, I’ve made mistakes. There’s been certain things that haven’t gone our way strategy wise that have made us sort of fall back a little bit but we’ve always had the pace and it was all about having the belief and the belief and the guys we’ve got a great group here on the car three you know it’s we’re all mates you know, we’re just having fun with a go racing and have fun. So really proud to do it. And yeah, I’m excited.”