| WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (Quotes):Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet:“First off, I’m very, very thankful for INDYCAR and the medical team. The cars are so safe. To have a scary accident like that, just to walk away fine. Tell my wife Renee I’m fine, so don’t worry too much. I know you’re not here. I never saw Pato (O’Ward). At the start of the race, I had the steering wheel bent trying to avoid Pato, and we were just left hand up, right hand down. When I came through there, I never saw Pietro (Fittipaldi) clip him. Nothing on the spotters. There was no yellow, no nothing. I didn’t know to check up. Super unfortunate. Trying to take care of equipment, trying to have a recovery day. Just a bummer, but we’re going into a couple of ovals. We’ll recover there and go for some wins.” When you look at those short ovals coming up, where does your mind go towards the end of the season?“Obviously, full steam ahead. I’m devastated for the guys. That’s not what we want to do here at AJ Foyt Racing. I think we’ll make it back. We’re going to Gateway, Milwaukee, and Nashville, and also, I love Portland. It’s a fantastic track. Just make the most of it. We’ve accomplished a ton with this Sexton Properties Chevrolet. I can’t thank this team enough for the stellar year we’ve had. There’s nothing to be lost there at all.” Sting Ray Robb, No. 41 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet:“Terrible weekend here. Very frustrated. Sad for the team, honestly. They worked their tail ends off the last few weeks, and me having that big accident last weekend, we wanted a good result. We keep building that momentum. We keep getting better every weekend. We made a step forward from qualifying into the race. Pretty happy with the car but when the clutch breaks, there’s not much you can do. Big bummer for the team. Not their fault, not my fault. Just frustrating.” Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:“I had rear-locking, spun, and that’s pretty much the end of that.” While you’re sitting there, are you just a sitting duck?“I am so surprised INDYCAR didn’t call a yellow. You’re just calling for a massive shunt. They had a solid five seconds to call the yellow and tell everybody that was coming, but I’m glad that everybody else in it is fine. Sorry for the team. Obviously, we were having a better race than what we’ve had all weekend. It’s been miserable.” “I am so surprised that they did not call a yellow, as you are just calling for a massive shunt. There was a solid five seconds of waiting before telling everyone what was coming. I am glad that everybody that was involved in it is okay. I am sorry for the team. We were having a better race than what we have had all weekend. It’s just a shame for the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew.” Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:“Not what we’d hope for on the streets of Toronto. I think we had made a little bit of progress, and the last stint was actually quite good on new Firestone Greens at the end. I think that we would have been alright to pick off a few more guys, but there was nowhere to go. I’m disappointed that both cars ended up destroyed. That’s not where we wanted to be. We’ll forget about it and move on to the next race.” Théo Pourchaire, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet:“It was a very tough and challenging race for me. I think we did an amazing job with the No. 7 Ryde Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew. The car was amazing, and the team did their best. I did my best, as well. With the end of the race now, I probably arrived 26 hours ago. I didn’t know the track, and I haven’t raced in about five weeks. It’s an amazing job to go from P26 to P14 and avoid major incidents. I made one small mistake during the race that cost us perhaps a top-10 finish. I am just proud of myself and the team. We showed great pace, and I am so proud and happy that I was able to race again.” Gavin Ward, Team Principal at Arrow McLaren:“I’m just glad we don’t have anymore injured drivers at the end of the day. I think INDYCAR needs to take a deep dive into the delay in going yellow. That incident started off with Pato (O’Ward) having a spin, and not going to a full-course yellow until there’s a car in the catch fence, and we’ve totally crashed two good race cars. It’s just not good enough. Thanks to Théo (Pourchaire) for jumping in a very difficult circumstance and keeping his nose clean.” Christian Rasmussen, No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet:“Just a really unfortunate day. I was very proud of the work that the team put in to give me a good car and we were starting in a good place. We were hoping for another strong result and instead we have nothing to show for all of our effort. We will try to make the most of the Portland race next month and finish my season on a positive.” Rinus VeeKay, No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet:“Crazy race! I avoided most of the trouble and my tires held on well. There really wasn’t that much passing, I had a few good ones but it was quite hard to get by another car. Towards the end, we chose to go to new sticker green Firehawks which was a really good call. Unfortunately, in the Turn 5 stack up I damaged the front wing. I had to pit for a new one and take the restart a bit farther back. I was able to move forward again, so I am pretty happy with where we finished! This was one of those days where you really don’t have to do too much special, you just need to finish and stay out of the problems.” Romain Grosjean, No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet:“Another top-10. That was not an easy day. We had a bit of an issue on a pit stop, but I think we can be happy with our weekend. We recover well after a hard fight.” Agustin Canapino, No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet:“Unfortunately, I had a contact with (Scott) Dixon battling. Part of the race, it was a very unlucky situation, but we touched a little bit and I lost control of the car in a tight part of the track. Really unlucky, but it’s part of the racing. It’s a shame because we were in a good situation this weekend but it’s racing.” Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet:“That’s just kind of how our year has gone, unfortunately. This No. 2 Hitachi crew has been so solid all year long but we just had a communication issue on the first stop. Happens to everyone but we managed it well and fought back to get in position for a top-five finish before the late-race issue. Our Hitachi Chevy had been really good all weekend long. The Andretti cars were going to be very hard to catch but we were in a great position to maximize our day, and you never know what can happen late in one of these races. We’ll bounce back in St. Louis next month and push strong to the end of the season.” Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet:“It was just, in my opinion, a very low percentage move by Will (Power) there. We both had Palou covered and we were both going to gain points on him going into the homestretch of the season with a lot of ovals left where Team Penske is typically very strong. You never like contact with your teammate, but it happens. I ran into him at Laguna Seca so it’s hard to be very upset and hypocritical. Just frustrated when you have these moments, but the Gallagher Chevy team will move past it.” Will Power, No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet:“I never want to run into a teammate. That is not something I ever set out to do and I apologize to Scott and his team for knocking them out of the race. We were both in a position to have a solid day against the two Andretti cars and I knew I had a better tire situation than Scott. Unfortunately, we got together and gifted (Alex) Palou too many points. The Verizon Chevy was solid all day, great pit stops and we are leaving without much to show for it.” |
