No. 27 Sam’s Club Honda
P3
| Started | P10 |
| Standings | P2 (348 points) |
- Rounding out the top-10 starting spots on the grid, Kyle Kirkwood utilized a strong start to vault up to seventh place by Lap 3 for his fifth INDYCAR start at Mid-Ohio.
- Following a clean pit stop on Lap 9, Kirkwood made a pass for 13th on Lap 15, putting him in a strong position to continue working his way up the field. Once the entire field took their first pit stops, the No. 27 driver cycled up into fifth place by Lap 28 before returning to pit lane for his second pit stop shortly after on Lap 36.
- After breaking into the top four by Lap 51, a quick, final pit stop on Lap 63 allowed Kirkwood to gain a position in pit lane, putting him in third place. From then on, the No. 27 driver managed to put on an impressive drive to hold off the field behind him over the closing laps to secure his first INDYCAR road course podium and best result at Mid-Ohio.
“ I think that was the most physical race I’ve ever driven, especially with the track being faster than in the previous couple of years. Running under green for the entire race gave us no breathers at all. It was hard to even take a drink of water with it being so busy around here. But nonetheless, I’m happy to have driven this Sam’s Club Honda from 10th to third. That’s a good podium finish. Big hats off to Honda and the Honda plants out here in Ohio because they gave us the power and fuel economy to do what we needed to make our strategy work. Super thrilled with my day. Big thanks to Andretti Global and the crew—they got us that podium on that last pit stop sequence. The car was phenomenal all weekend.”
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