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IRL Notes: Dan Wheldon Bounces Back
August 31st, 2010
JOLIET, Ill. — Just one week after landing upside-down heading to the green flag to start last Sunday’s race at Infineon Raceway, Dan Wheldon nearly landed right side-up in victory lane at Chicagoland Speedway.
The Panther Racing driver finished second to Dario Franchitti by just .0423 second — the sixth-closest IZOD IndyCar Series finish at the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway. Wheldon’s second-place finish equaled his season high. He also finished second to Franchitti in the May 30 Indianapolis 500.
Wheldon thought the return to oval racing was a “blast.”
“It’s exciting, it’s fun, it’s the way racing should be,” Wheldon said of a race that featured a season-high 25 lead changes among 11 drivers. “I really enjoyed the road courses this year, but it’s good to be back on the ovals. It’s very difficult at times. You have to race around guys that you trust because there is a lot of moving around. In the front of the field, it was fine, but it was hairy if you were back in ninth or 10th.
“The car was good in traffic and that made all the difference. As the stint went on I was able to move forward. I’ve always been confident in my abilities and we never continued to give up. We kept working hard and it worked out well. I thought the team did a very good job.”
- Ed Carpenter returned to the IZOD IndyCar Series for the second time this season in a joint effort between Vision Racing and Panther Racing and ran as high as the top three before a series of events doomed him to a 20th-place finish. First, he ran out of fuel and had to head down pit road. After that stop, he was assessed a “drive-through penalty” for exceeding the pit road speed limit.
“Just kick a guy in the nuts when he is down,” Carpenter said. “I’m not a factor any more. I understand they have to hold up the rules, but they must be bored in race control. That is stupid. I’m not points racing. I’m here to race for wins and try to get myself a ride for next year. It didn’t affect the outcome at all after I ran out of fuel. When the car cut off, the pit-speed limiter went off on pit road and then they gave me a drive-through. We’ll just have to go to Kentucky and try to get a win there.”
- Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport started fifth and found his way to the front of the field when he passed polesitter Ryan Briscoe on lap 29. Andretti led three times for three laps before finishing third — making the No. 3 Andretti’s number for the night in the No. 26 IndyCar.
“I had a really good car, and I really just worked on the race setup all weekend, and I was pretty optimistic coming into the race,” Andretti said. “We just lost track position, and if a Penske or Ganassi is flat-out on the white line and you have to run longer distance, you’re not going to pass him. But it was great to get back on the ovals. It’s been a trying past few weekends on the road courses. As a team we really know what we need to work on in the off-season, so it feels good to be back on the ovals, and back in contention where we can kind of taste it again is a good feeling.”
Andretti was aggressive from the very start of the race taking the high-line around the track.
Second-place finisher and former teammate Dan Wheldon even gave Andretti a new nickname.
“They call him ‘Rim Rider Marco,’” Wheldon quipped.
- Ryan Hunter-Reay knew he was in for a dogfight with a return to the ovals and the Team IZOD driver was able to put the No. 37 Andretti Autosport car into fourth place.
“That was nuts,” Hunter-Reay said. “It was crazy as any race I’ve ever been in. It was non-stop the whole time. You never had time to hold your breath. I’m sure everybody will be ticked off with each other, but it was so exciting. The last few laps I got a run on the outside and got around a few guys and was able to finish fourth. The guys did an awesome job on the last couple of stops.”