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Andretti Autosport IZOD IndyCar Series Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pre Race Notes & Quotes
Press Release
IZOD INDYCAR SERIES
NOTES AND QUOTES, PRE-RACE
TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
MARCO ANDRETTI, #26 TEAM VENOM ENERGY DRINK CAR
“The Venom car had a strong finish at Barber last weekend and I think overall our street course setups are getting closer to where we need to them to be. Hopefully this weekend we will have the pace we need to start towards the front of the grid; restarts will be tricky and track position will be important.”
MIKE CONWAY, #27 TEAM WINDOW WORLD CARES CAR
“Long Beach is a great track, so I can’t wait to see how the car is going to be there. If St. Pete was anything to go on, then we should be up at the front.”
RYAN HUNTER-REAY, #28 TEAM DHL / SUN DROP CITRUS SODA CAR
“Long Beach is coming at the right time. It is definitely one of our strong suits and hopefully we can put that to use here, qualify up front and stay out of trouble. The double-file restarts are going to be pretty interesting, so it will be key to qualify up front. We just need the points and get our season started this weekend. The DHL/Sun Drop team certainly deserves it. We’ve had great race cars; we were running the in the top five in both races this year, so it’s not like we’ve been out of the hunt. We’ve been in it; we just haven’t been able to bring it home.”
DANICA PATRICK, #7 TEAM GoDaddy.com CAR
“Long Beach is a challenging circuit, but I’m up for it. While we haven’t had the results I know we are capable of achieving, we have been fast. Hopefully we can turn things around this weekend and finish it off with a great result.”
- Andretti Autosport Press Release
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