CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
IOWA 300
IOWA SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POLE WINNER QUICK QUOTE
JULY 19, 2019

SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 MENARDS TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET – Pole winner quick quote

It is Pagenaud’s third pole of the season, second consecutive and the 13th of his career.
“That was really good. The Menards team has been really good. The car was good this morning, but is always a daring place where you really have to put it on the line. The balance was really good and the Chevy power was tremendous as well. We are one-two-three for Team Penske. It is a testament to the good cars we have and the great team we have.

“It is really tough. The track temperature is 135 degrees. To get the balance right is really complicated and the team did a great job setting it up. I just went out and focused on my own thinking process and really sent it. It was the two most intense laps of my life.”

DID YOU SECOND GUESS ANYTHING WHEN YOU HEADED OUT TO QUALIFY?
“You really can’t second guess anything. You have to focus on yourself, what you had in the morning and when you get in the car it’s about adapting to the situations. It is high intensity. Get’s your heart rate really high-still shaking a little bit from the run.”

ARE YOU ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP HUNT?
“It’s time to go for it. Time to be aggressive, time to score as many points as we can. Obviously when we have the car to win, we have to execute. The team behind me on the No. 22 side are so phenomenal. The No. 2 (Josef Newgarden) and the No.12 (Will Power) work so well together as well with us. Right now we just have keep pushing and get Team Penske the championship.”