RACE REPORT: XPEL Grand Prix at Road America

• Leading the Andretti INDYCAR team to the green, Kyle Kirkwood took today’s start from his career-best starting position of third at Road America. Despite a yellow on the opening lap, Kirkwood held his position until a few laps later, when he ran wide in Canada Corner to avoid causing an on-track incident, shuffling him back to sixth.
• On Lap 14, Kirkwood pushed the No. 12 car wide in Canada Corner, making slight contact in the process. The incident allowed the No. 10 car to pass the Siemens Honda. However, by Lap 24, Kirkwood had gained the lead before running the Siemens Honda wide and allowing the No. 7 to reclaim the top spot, dropping Kirkwood back to P2.
• As the race continued, Kirkwood maintained a strong presence in the top six. However, an untimely yellow shortly after his second pit stop caused the Siemens Honda to lose valuable track positions.
• Despite the setback and numerous strategies playing out on track, Kirkwood fought his way back into the top five and ultimately took the checkered flag in fourth.
• Today’s result marks Kirkwood’s 12th top-five finish of his career, and his second consecutive top five at Road America.

“That was a good result. I will definitely take fourth with the kind of performance that we had there. I mean, man, that was a crazy race. Especially since the first half of it was a split strategy. It was everyone throwing huge divebombs at each other, which caused that split strategy, but the No. 27 Siemens Honda came out with another top five, so I’m stoked with that. I think that was an overachievement today, so I love to see it. Also, I think we kind of leaned toward the red tires today, but neither tire was bad. Firestone came here with a good product, so I’m happy to be running them.”