VAUTIER SECURES 50th WIN FOR SAM SCHMIDT MOTORSPORTSDario Franchitti will start from the pole for the second consecutive year at the Milwaukee Mile after recording a two-lap average speed of 168.737 mph (43.3100 seconds) for the Milwaukee IndyFest on June 15.Franchitti, driver of the No. 10 Cottonelle car for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, tied Al Unser for seventh on the all-time list with 27 poles.Franchitti, who posted the quickest lap of the session at 169.156 mph, could make a significant advancement in the championship standings with his second consecutive victory at the historic track as seven drivers will incur 10-grid spot penalties for unapproved engine changes -- including front-runner Will Power and teammate Scott Dixon. Franchitti will enter the 225-lap race 63 points behind Power.Among the others receiving the grid penalty is Justin Wilson, who followed his first oval victory June 9 at Texas Motor Speedway with a front-row qualifying effort in the No. 18 Sonny's BBQ car for Dale Coyne Racing. His spot will be taken by Ryan Hunter-Reay in the No. 28 Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda car for Andretti Autosport (167.911 mph).Power qualified fourth in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, but will relinquish that position to Rubens Barrichello, who is making his debut at Milwaukee in No. 8 BMC/Embrase/KV Racing Technology car. He'll be joined on Row 2 by Helio Castroneves (166.763) in the No. 3 Penske Truck Rental car.KV Racing Technology teammates E.J. Viso and Tony Kanaan will share Row 3.Also on June 15, Tristan Vautier, who earlier in the day earned the pole position for the Firestone Indy Lights 100, held off Sebastian Saavedra of Team AFS by 0.3370 of a second to provide Sam Schmidt Motorsports its 50th victory in the series. The team has been in the series since its inception in 2002.It was the second victory this season from the pole for Vautier, driving the No. 77 Mazda Road to Indy/SSM with Curb-Agajanian car. Teammate Esteban Guerrieri, last year's race winner who started sixth in the No. 11 Pistas Argentinas/SSM with Curb-Agajanian car, advanced to third place.By virtue of the three bonus points for the pole (1) and leading the most laps (2), Vautier leaped Guerrieri for the points lead 241-238 heading to the Iowa Speedway next week.Saavedra, who overtook Victor Carbone on the first lap for second, hung with Vautier following two restarts and closed on the final laps but couldn't get a run to make the pass.David Ostella, driving the No. 22 TMR-Global Precast-Xtreme Coil Drilling car, overtook Carlos Munoz in the No. 26 Team Dialy-Ser car for Andretti Autosport on the final lap for fourth. Victor Carbone finished sixth in the No. 3 Mav TV/Nevoni/SSM with Curb-Agajanian entry.DAY 1 NOTEBOOK:The IZOD IndyCar Series will compete in Milwaukee IndyFest presented by XYQ, a 225-lap race at 1:30 p.m. (ET) on Saturday. Firestone Indy Lights will compete in the Firestone Indy Lights 100, a 100-lap race at 5:45 p.m., today. ***Live timing and scoring reports from Milwaukee IndyFest presented by XYQ are available on the Internet at racecontrol.indycar.com.Feature stories, reports, driver quotes and notes will be posted on the INDYCAR media website at media.indycar.com. More detailed information, including media advisories and VNF coordinates are also posted on the media website. Hi-resolution images are available to media at www.indycarmedia.com. Media updates will also be provided on Twitter by following @indycarpr***The following cars will have 10-grid spot penalties for unapproved engine changes following the event Texas Motor Speedway:#9 Dixon#12 Power#14 Conway#15 Sato#18 Wilson
#67 Newgarden***Firestone Racing brought a new specification that is based on the tire used at the Milwaukee Mile in 2011. It has new compounds on both the left and right side, which are slightly softer than the 2011 compounds.This spec was used by teams for a test at the racetrack May 29. Each entrant receives eight sets of tires for the race weekend.***TrueCar Racing announced that Virgin Group, a leading international branded investment company started in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, is joining as an affiliate sponsor of the Nos. 6 and 7 cars driven by Katherine Legge and Sebastien Bourdais.Virgin's logos also will be placed on each TrueCar-sponsored "Women Empowered" initiative racing team cars.***A.J. Foyt Racing chief engineer Don Halliday will miss the race to attend the wedding of his daughter Sophie in Powell, Ohio. Ray Leto, who served as chief engineer for Wade Cunningham's Indy 500 entry in May, will fill in for Halliday.
***There is no bigger San Francisco Giants fan than JR Hildebrand, but forgive Panther's 24-year-old Californian for missing the start of the June 13 game, even though Matt Cain - one of his favorite players - was scheduled to pitch. Traveling from a test at Iowa to Milwaukee for this weekend's Milwaukee IndyFest, he got to his hotel room off a late flight and was greeted by a test message from a Bay-area friend:"Cain's perfect through eight innings," the text message read. "You better find a TV."Hildebrand, who admits he was almost kicked-out of a Los Angeles bar for celebrating during the NLCS Playoffs in 2010 and - later the same year - went running down the street near his apartment in Indianapolis screaming when the Giants won the World Series, erupted into afrenzy trying to find a place to watch the game."It was definitely one of those spaz-out moments," JR admitted. "I was thinking if this game isn't on my hotel room TV I'm sprinting to find a bar to see this game. Luckily they had it on ESPN at that point, and it was just a nail-biter. You know how much pressure that is on a pitcher in that moment, but also the entire team - the catcher, anybody in the field in that stadium at that time."Cain completed the feat, capturing the first Perfect Game in San Francisco Giants' history in front of the home crowd at AT&T Park. Hildebrand exchanged text messages with a good friend who was at the game, and couldn't fathom the atmosphere in a sold-out stadium of nearly 43,000 rabid fans."Honestly, I've been to plenty of baseball games - and I'm biased - but San Francisco Giants fans are the best in Major League Baseball, and I can only imagine how crazy the atmosphere must have been in that building," Hildebrand said. "Cain's been a Giant since he got in the league, just got a mega contract, and then he comes out and delivers. He's one of those pitchers - like Roy Halladay or Cliff Lee - that in the ninth inning, he looks like he's in the first - not just by how hard he's throwing, but just his entire demeanor. He's a guy you just hope is on the team forever."***XYQ, the presenting sponsor of Milwaukee IndyFest and official Augmented Technology and a New Media Partner of INDYCAR has created a wireless application called the Milwaukee IndyFest WayFinder, designed to help fans navigate at-track activities through geo-coordinate technology. The smartphone application is available for download in the Android Marketplace as well as at iTunes.JOHN MARCUM, founder, XYQ Inc.: "The Milwaukee IndyFest is a great opportunity to utilize our technology to help modernize the guest experience at the oldest track in the country. This real-time application service will allow fans to find everything they need at the track to ensure they don't miss out on any of the on- and off-track action during race weekend. We feel the synergy between the sport and our company is a great way to highlight our technology in a way that will benefit the fans." ***IZOD IndyCar Series driver Katherine Legge was one of five female drivers named as ambassadors for the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission. Legge, driver of the No. 6 TrueCar Dragon Racing car, will represent the Commission globally as it continues to promote and encourage women in to the sport. Other ambassadors are: Michèle Mouton (Honorary Ambassador), Monisha Kaltenborn, Susie Wolff and Maria de Villota.***Sebastien Bourdais, who is competing in IZOD IndyCar Series road/street course events the remainder of the season for Dragon Racing, is participating in the 80th Le Mans 24 Hour event this weekend in France.Bourdais, who is teamed with Nicolas Minassian and Seiji Ara in the Pescarolo LMP1 car, qualified 10th - 9 seconds off the pace of the Audi Sport Team (the first hybrid car to claim the pole at Le Mans). Fifty-six entries qualified.***IZOD IndyCar Series officials have penalized #2 Briscoe 10 grid positions for an unapproved engine change following practice this morning. The following cars will all face grid penalties for unapproved engine changes this weekend:#2 Briscoe, #9 Dixon, #12 Power, #14 Conway, #15 Sato, #18 Wilson and #67 NewgardenIZOD INDYCAR SERIES POLE QUALIFYING REPORT:IZOD IndyCar Series Pole Qualifying consists of two warm-up laps followed by a two-lap qualifying attempt. Cars are ranked in order based on the quickest cumulative time. Only one attempt is allowed per car. One-lap qualifying record: Helio Castroneves, 21.1854 seconds, 172.477 (7/22/06); Two-lap qualifying record: Dario Franchitti 42.7766, 170.840 (6/18/2011) Fastest IZOD IndyCar Series lap today: #67 Josef Newgarden, 22.0232 seconds, 165.916 mph (Practice 1). (Cumulative two laps; times and speeds calculated using a traveling distance of .0894 miles, which corresponds with data registered by on-board telemetry. The green flag is given on the second time by the flag stand.)At 4 p.m., the ambient temperature was 87 degrees with a relative humidity of 31 percent. Skies were fair. The track temperature was 113 degrees, according to Firestone engineers.
IZOD INDYCAR SERIES POLE QUALIFYING NOTES:· This is Dario Franchitti's first pole of 2012 and his second-consecutive pole at The Milwaukee Mile. It is 27th pole of Franchitti's Indy car career and his first pole since New Hampshire in 2011, a span of 12 races.· Justin Wilson qualified second, his best qualifying performance at Milwaukee. His previous best qualifying effort was third in the Champ Car race in 2005.· Ryan Hunter-Reay qualified third, his best start at Milwaukee since he won the pole for the Champ Car race in 2004.· Will Power qualified fourth, his third top-five qualifying effort in four races at The Milwaukee Mile.· Rubens Barrichello qualified fifth, his first top-five start in the IZOD IndyCar Series.IZOD INDYCAR SERIES POST-QUALIFYING QUOTES:DARIO FRANCHITI (No. 10 Cottonelle Honda): "I am very pleased as much as I am surprised. That's quite a turnaround from practice. Practice is one thing, qualifying is another and then there is the race. For as warm as it it people are fighting the car and everyone wants the same line. I expect tomorrow is going to be tough, especially at the end of a full - stint on those Firestone tires. It's going to be a long exciting day tomorrow and hopefully the Cottonelle car will be up front at the end of the afternoon. This is always an interesting track and we'll see if we can get it done."JUSTIN WILSON (No. 18 Sonny's Bar-B-Q Honda): "The confidence has helped a lot. I feel like we've made some progress in understanding this car and what it's looking for, so we'll keep chipping away at it and making the car better and better. I'm having a lot of fun. Qualifying is great, we'll just keep our heads down, keep working on it. We were very pleased with last week. Obviously there was the whole question over the legality, but that's why we've tried to come back and back it up with and we've proved that we're here and we're here to stay."RYAN HUNTER-REAY (No. 28 Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda Chevrolet, qualified third): "We had a great run for the DHL/Sun Drop Chevy. The guys did a great job on the car - we were all over the sixth-gear limiter on our last lap or, I think, we would have been quick enough for pole. We couldn't have predicted we would be that quick though, it's the quickest we've been all weekend. It's tough for the crew, especially the engineers, trying to pick which gears to go with. It's like shooting with a blindfold on sometimes."SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda): "The car in race trim is good. We had too much understeer and I had to lift in Turns 3 and 4. Not what we wanted and then you add our 10 grid spot penalty to that for the engine change and we really have to come from the back tomorrow in the Target car."JAMES JAKES (No. 19 Boy Scouts of America Honda): "Our qualifying position is disappointing because we had a really good car. Practices were great. I wish would could have had another run for qualifying but right now I'm just looking ahead to tomorrow and bringing the Boy Scouts of America Honda back up front."SIMON PAGENAUD (No. 77 Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports Honda): "The car still has something left in it. It's good to see the job the guys are doing. They know what I need to feel comfortable on the ovals. I'm learning, learning quick, but still learning every day. I really enjoyed the qualifying here today. It's one of those deals where you have to be flat to be on pole, and that's very challenging to do here. It's such an adrenaline rush to qualify here."SIMONA DE SILVESTRO (No. 78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy Lotus HVM Racing Lotus): "I'm pretty happy to have out-qualified someone. I think we have a really good race car. We worked a lot and I think it's pretty impressive because we're the only team here that hasn't come and tested. So I'm happy about that. We're just working on a good basic for tomorrow. Maybe we can get off-strategy a little bit so we can move forward and then I think we can run there. I don't think we'll be able to pass anyone, but I think we can definitely run with people and stay with people, so that's the important thing."TONY KANAAN (No. 11 GEICO /Mouser Electronics- KV Racing Technology Chevrolet): "I have to thank the team for giving me a good car today. I spent the morning working on my qualifying setup and felt pretty comfortable. This afternoon I concentrated on the race and how the car reacted in traffic and fe/e that we have a solid race car. Tomorrow will be an interesting day and hopefully we can bring a home a good result."RUBENS BARRICHELLO (No. 8 BMC/Embrase - KV Racing Technology Chevrolet): "I am extremely happy with today's qualifying. As soon as we rolled the car out on track it felt good and it's a great feeling to be able to go flat. I have been to Milwaukee a few times as a spectator and tested here a couple of weeks ago, but everything felt much better today. I have to thank my engineers and crew guys for giving me a good car and hope we can have a good race tomorrow."E.J. VISO (No. 5 CITGO-PDVSA KV Racing Technology Chevrolet): "The performance we have shown at this track up to now has been strong. What makes me even more excited is that I feel we have a good race car. There are going to be a lot of cars dropping back in this race because the hot weather temperatures will have a big effect. Hopefully, our strategy and the car development we have done will take us to the front and we can stay there."TAKUMA SATO (No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda): ""It was quite a tough day, very challenging. I like this track and the way you have to drive so hard. We couldn't come to the test here and the practice session we had today was not enough to work through all of the things we wanted to try on our program. We needed more time. The car was a little sketchy and maybe a bit tipped over for qualifying and the speed we demanded and we had a little oversteer. We ended up in 14th place and with the penalty we have to start from the back of the grid. We made good progress through the sessions and will continue to work hard tonight to put all of the positive things together and make a stronger car for the race. I felt it was difficult to overtake with this configuration. The main challenge of the race will obviously be staying on the lead lap and we need to move up the positions as soon as we can. That will be challenging. Hopefully a strong car and good strategy will help us get to the front."MARCO ANDRETTI (No. 26 Team RC Cola Chevrolet): "I'm a little bit disappointed for the RC guys, I think they deserve a bit more than where we qualified. I was flat in Turn 1 and Turn 2 but struggled in Turns 3 and 4 with understeer and just couldn't get the car to turn."ED CARPENTER (No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet): "We knew we wouldn't qualify too well. We worked on the race setup today quite a bit. We had a good test at Iowa so I feel we'll be OK in the race. It's so much different here from qualifying to the race. The race conditions are completely different. The tires make a difference in the race as well as traffic. The track isn't banked very high and the tires tend to lose traction. The race pace is going to be much slower than the qualifying pace. The groove changes here in the race. Sometimes it will go higher and other times it goes to the low side. But passing gets better as the stint goes on. We haven't done our best getting good runs on the fresh Firestones, but we seem pretty competitive when the tires get worn a bit. We have been able to come through the field in the other oval races so far and I hope we can do it again Saturday." JR HILDEBRAND (No. 4 National Guard Panther Racing Chevrolet): "The conditions right now are definitely better than they were earlier. It caught me out a little bit because it took me a lap to figure out that the conditions were as good as they were. I probably could have pushed a little bit hard. Our race car is really good and that is what will matter for tomorrow. We'll see how this all shakes out, but we feel good about what we've got for tomorrow."JAMES HINCHCLIFFE (No. 27 Team GoDaddy.com Chevrolet): "I think our qualifying run with the Go Daddy car was decent. We knew that we weren't going to be competing for the pole but this little track is so tricky. We didn't roll off this morning with a great car, but we've been working away at it and we definitely have it better now than it was this morning. I'm pleased with how it went; I just wish we would've had more of a head start on that going in. The first lap would've been stronger if I had known then what I know now, and did what I did on the second lap. It's alright as long as we have a good race car, then we'll be able to move up quickly in the race."KATHERINE LEGGE (No. 6 TrueCar Dragon Racing Chevrolet): "I am absolutely gutted with that qualifying run because the team gave me a really good car. I am super confident with my race car, but I just wasn't aware how hard you could push the car in qualifying. I could have gone out there and pushed a lot harder. We should have been inside the top 12, realistically, but we're not and that's just experience. It's disappointing, but we'll just have to fight hard tomorrow."ORIOL SERVIA (No. 22 Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet): "Everything is better with our team since we went to Chevy. We have been very strong everywhere. Just for some reason this morning we didn't get the setup right, or there is something wrong with the car that we aren't understanding. In qualifying, the car felt its best, it was just very slow. I am very happy with how things have been going."JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 67 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda): "I didn't quite get enough out of the car today. I probably should have held it a little more flat than I did because SFHR gave me a really good car. (How does knowing you have a 10-spot grid penalty affect you going into qualifications?): "Knowing that we had the penalty coming here wasn't too bad because it's been a cycle this year. Everyone's had to go through it at some point and it's just our turn. That's the whole thing with engine manufacturer competition coming back to the series. I think it's great that we have that competition because that's what racing is really about. We want to see them duking it out with each other, and I'm really proud to be backed by Honda power."RYAN BRISCOE (No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet): "Not a bad qualifying session for the Hitachi machine. We didn't have the balance worked out 100 percent, but the race is a whole different ball game here in Milwaukee and it's going to be a long day. I'm looking forward to tomorrow and plan on being able to come through the pack to get to the front."WILL POWER (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet): " "That was a good run for the No.12 Verizon Wireless team. Obviously we will be starting well back in the pack at 14th, but there is a bunch of other teams dealing with the same issue. We are going to try and make the most of it and have a good day tomorrow."HELIO CASTRONEVES (No. 3 Penske Truck Rental Chevrolet): "The No.3 Penske Truck Rental group did a great job, we are starting fourth after a good qualifying effort. We had a very fast first lap but the second one unfortunately I pushed too much and it lowered our two lap average. We are going to continue working hard so we have a good racecar tomorrow and hopefully head to the front."FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS 100 RACE SPECIFICS:•Today's race is 100 laps/100 miles on the 1-mile oval.•The field will take the green flag on the third time by the flag stand.•Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford will drive the Honda Civic SI Pace Car.FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS 100 PRE-RACEAt 5:30 p.m., the ambient temperature was 86 degrees with a relative humidity of 29 percent. Skies were fair. The track temperature was 106 degrees, according to Firestone engineers.5:40 p.m. - Dan Devine, the mayor of West Allis, Wis., gave the command, "Gentlemen, start your engines." All cars have started and are rolling on the gridFIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS 100 RACE RUNNING:Lap 1: GREEN. #77 Vautier leads the field into Turn 1.Lap 5: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 1.9235 seconds.
Lap 10: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 2.7182 seconds.Lap 14: YELLOW. #19 Larrison spins in Turn 4 but does not make contact with the SAFER Barrier. Car is assisted by the Holmatro Safety Team and it returns to the pits under its own power.Lap 18: GREEN. #77 Vautier leads the field into Turn 1.
Lap 21: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by .7734 of a second.Lap 27: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 1.6587 seconds.Lap 30: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 1.8720 seconds.Lap 35: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 2.0437 seconds.Lap 40: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 2.4482 seconds.Lap 42: YELLOW. #19 Larrison spins and makes contact with the SAFER Barrier in Turn 4 with the rear of the car. Larrison climbs from the car without assistance from the Holmatro Safety Team.Lap 46: #24 Clauson on pit road for wing adjustments. Driver reports car was very loose.Lap 49: GREEN. #77 Vautier leads the field into Turn 1.
Lap 50: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by .7001 of a second.Lap 55: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by .9267 of a second.***#77 Vautier has clinched the two points for leading the most laps in today's race.***Lap 60: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 1.2669 seconds.***Medical update from Dr. Michael Olinger, INDYCAR Medical Director: Mike Larrison was checked and released from the infield care center. He is cleared to drive.MIKE LARRISON (No. 19 Belardi/TruFuel/Royal Oak Charcoal): "I don't know. We changed the setup before we went out. We were really struggling getting into the corner."***Lap 66: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 1.3172 seconds.Lap 70: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 1.5707 seconds.Lap 75: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 1.3034 seconds.Lap 80: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by 1.5995 seconds.Lap 85: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by .5641 of a second.Lap 90: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by .7017 of a second.Lap 95: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by .5466 of a second.Lap 99: WHITE: #77 Vautier leads #27 Saavedra by .5041 of a second.Lap 100: CHECKERED: Tristan Vautier wins the Firestone Indy Lights 100 by .3370 of a second. It is Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50th win in Firestone Indy Lights.FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS 100 POST-RACE NOTES:· This is Tristan Vautier's second win in 2012 and the second win in his Firestone Indy Lights career. He previously won at St. Petersburg earlier this year.· This is Sam Schmidt Motorsports 50th win in Firestone Indy Lights.· Tristan Vautier has not finished worse than fifth in his six Firestone Indy Lights starts/· Sebastian Saavedra finished second, his fourth podium finish in six races this season.· Esteban Guerrieri, the defending race winner at Milwaukee, finished third, his fourth podium finish in six races this season.· David Ostella finished fourth. It is best finish in Firestone Indy Lights since he finished fourth in his series debut at St. Petersburg last season.· Carlos Munoz finished fifth. It is his fourth consecutive top-five finish.FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS 100 POST-RACE QUOTES:TRISTAN VAUTIER (No. 77 Mazda Road to Indy/SSM w/Curb-Agajanian, winner Firestone Indy Lights 100): "We put the car on the ground this morning and it felt amazing after two runs we got it tuned, and we were great all day. It was a great race, we were in control. The end was a little harder with the lapped traffic, the lapped traffic to manage, but awesome day, awesome job from the team. I see my teammate Esteban made it back to the podium so great job from him from sixth and a tough day, so we have two cars on the podium. I think it's the 50th with for Schmidt. I didn't get the 50th pole, I was kind of pissed that my pole this morning was the 51st, but real happy to get the 50th win. What an awesome team. Really thankful to Mazda for putting me in the car this year and the Mazda Road to Indy, Sparco, PitFit, all my sponsors who follows me in France and here and helps me out. Really a great day."SEBASTIAN SAAVEDRA (No. 27 Team AFS, finished second): "To be honest, it was very close. For those last 10 laps I was pushing, giving it everything I got. The 27 car handled amazing with the Firestone Firehawk tires. I guess I'm pleased. I'm not happy because I wanted that first place but it's very important points for the championship."ESTEBAN GUERRIERI (No. 11 Pistas Argentinas/SSM w/Curb Agajanian, finished third): "It was a tough one today. We were struggling in the beginning to find the rear grip. Then we just worked to find our pace. We had a bit of understeer but it wasn't quite working. We never found the balance. We came into the race with a setup that we knew and tried to make it so I wouldn't push so much in the beginning and save the tires a little bit. To come in third makes a bad day not so bad. We have to keep fighting for the championship. I'm pleased, not completely happy, but pleased."DAVID OSTELLA (No. 22 TMR-Global Precast-Xtreme Coil Drilling, finished fourth): "I got a clean start, although it was quicker than I expected. I had to focus on taking care of the tires the whole race. I made a mistake and brushed the wall a bit early on which allowed Alon Day to pass me. The last 20 laps I was flying out there. It is so good to finish a race after coming off of two races where I didn't finish. Being in the top five is amazing and I can't take the team enough. They did a wicked job. I've been sick all day and fallen asleep between every session. The team worked so hard today though to give me a good car. It was an amazing race. It's all about timing a pass here. If you miss the timing on a pass once it takes you about three laps to get it back. The car was so good that I could run the high line in turns one and two and the low line in turns three and four. The car was just amazing for passing. I actually touched tires with Carbone which scared me a little but the car was still perfect."CARLOS MUÑOZ (No. 26 Team Dialy-Ser, finished fifth): "In the first half of the race I was really good. I was really close to Sebastien (Saavedra) for more than half of the race, I thought I was quicker than him. I just wasn't getting the clean air, there was too much understeer. After the second yellow flag I was getting so much more understeer, I used all of my tools, but I just couldn't steer the car, I lost my front tires. Also on the last lap, I was trying to go around a lapped car but he really wasn't playing fair...that caused David (Ostella) to go around me on the last lap. But we got a fifth place, we are going for the championship, so okay for my first race here."OLIVER WEBB (No. 7 Lucas Oil/Sam Schmidt Motorsports): "The race was disappointing. When I was running by myself, we were fine. I had OK times compared to the rest of the field then, but I couldn't really follow anyone. I was struggling when I was behind people and my restart was pretty poor. I think the restarts really hurt me and I just couldn't catch back up. "VICTOR CARBONE: (No. 3 Mav TV/Nevoni/SSM w/Curb-Agajanian): "I didn't get a good start. I dropped to third and then fourth. From mid-race onwards I was battling with the car. I couldn't keep up with the pace of the other cars because I was battling with my own car. I couldn't maintain the consistency that we were looking for. You have to adapt to the life of your tires here so it's a really hard place to race. I'm looking forward to going to Iowa and turning things around next week."BRYAN CLAUSON (No. 24 Fan Force United): "We needed the race to be 150 laps, because I was starting to catch those guys. I had to wear down the front tires to get the balance back, and the change we made on our stop really helped. I was feeling great for the last 20 laps, and I know I was turning some of the best laps out there, so it seems like a pretty good result for my first time out with these guys. This was a great test session for Iowa, but not the birthday present I wanted. Either way, I'm really looking forward to picking up where we left off next week."JUAN PABLO GARCIA (No. 76 Freightliner Jeffrey Mark Motorsport): "I just finished my second oval race and I was much more confident driving today but there is still a lot to improve on. The car was fast and felt great; it also helped that the race was mostly green. I was happy with the race but there is still a lot of work to do in order to prepare for next weekend. As always, the whole Jeffrey Mark Motorsport crew did a great job. I am ready to back in the car in Iowa next week."ALON DAY (No. 9 Belardi Auto Racing): "It was a nice race and my second oval racing experience ever. Unfortunately we started from the back so that hurt us, of course. We had a great race pace and managed to move up in the field. If there were just 10 more laps the outcome would have been completely different, but I'm happy.JORGE GONCALVEZ (No. 4 Belardi Auto Racing): "It was a good finish to the race. I'm happy...we finished ninth. It's OK. It's good for the championship. The team and I will keep working, and the next race will be better for sure."SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE:9 - 9:05. - Systems checkNoon - Milwaukee IndyFest presented by XYQ pre-race12:30 p.m. - Milwaukee IndyFest presented by XYQ (225 laps/225 miles), ABC, Live
