(About the differences in last year’s and this year’s car): “There’s nothing you can really feel. The engine is maybe a tad torquier this year, but other than that, everything is pretty much the same. ” (About how quickly he decided to race at Indy again): “There was some time. Maybe a couple of months to just relax a little bit and decide whether I felt like I wanted to do it again. I guess after coming so close and sitting back and thinking about it, and looking at things we’re going to do with the team and hopefully get the cars more competitive than they were last year, I thought, ‘You know, let’s give it one more shot. ” (About time spent trying to make team more competitive): “Our engineers were working overtime over the winter. Everybody was, actually, over in the shop.
It’s been a big team effort. We gave them a lot more resources and they went and, we think, put them to good use. I think it’s starting to show up on the racetrack and we feel like, hopefully as the year progresses, we will even have more stuff to come. I’m very happy with the job the team did over the winter and it gets me very excited for the month because, like I said, last year, we struggled. We did not have the speed, but at the end of the race, with 10 laps to go, we were running one, two, three, four. If we can get speed, and get even with those guys, hopefully we’ll have an even better time in the race. ”
RYAN BRISCOE (No. 12 Symantec Luczo Dragon Racing Dallara/Honda/ Firestone): “It’s great to be back. It’s been good getting this sort of refresher course in today. Definitely a bonus for us, and making good use of it. Just sneaking up on the speed and bringing on some of the engineers and mechanics around. Just getting to know each other and letting what the changes do and everything. So we’ve just been making small steps and so far it’s going really good. ” (How much assistance are you getting from ‘the boys down there’ ): “So far quite a bit, I mean we’ve gotten all the equipment and quite a bit of personnel, workmen outside so it’s definitely been good. A lot of new people on the car that haven’t been working trackside for quite a long time so definitely still a new deal for everyone, and we are definitely getting some help which is very grateful. We need it, and it’s really good so as I said a lot of new people on the team that aren’t use to working trackside so as far as that goes everyone is just getting up to speed, but it’s definitely great just having the help and the equipment from Penske. ”
MILKA DUNO (No. 23 CITGO Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone): “It was good to hit the track again today. We’re getting quicker each time out and also defining our line more precisely with each lap. I was flat out many times today and got all the speed out of the car that it had today. I know the guys will be making some additional adjustments for tomorrow and we’ll get some more speed. It’s all a process and we’re making great progress in line with our plans for each day on the track. ”
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