Grand Prix of Long Beach: Andretti Green Racing - Post Practice Quotes

Grand Prix of Long Beach: Andretti Green Racing - Post Practice Quotes

Grand Prix of Long Beach: Andretti Green Racing - Post Practice Quotes

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Driver:  Danica Patrick
Car:  #7 Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Position:  20th
Speed:  98.093 mph
Time:  1:12.2254 sec. 
Laps:  44

Danica Patrick: “I’m very frustrated with today’s practice times.  I just don’t know why we can’t find the speed we want but also need.  The street courses have always been a challenge for me and I have thought that I have improved over the years, so I disappointed with my lap times.  It’s a tough pill to swallow for the Motorola crew.”

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Driver:  Tony Kanaan
Car:  #11 Team 7-Eleven/Dr. Pepper Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Position:  8th
Speed:  99.612 mph
Time:  1:11.1238 sec.
Laps:  29

Tony Kanaan: “It was a good day for us. We definitely found a lot of good improvements on the car and I am pleased with the afternoon session. My engineer, Allen and I are understood each other better.  I am very pleased with the good relationship I have with him. This will be our third race together and I hope to get the Team 7-Eleven/Dr. Pepper car in the Firestone Fast Six at tomorrow’s qualifying run.”

Driver:  Marco Andretti
Car:  #26 AFS Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Position:  18th
Speed:  98.677 mph
Time:  1:11.7980 sec.
Laps:  56

Marco Andretti: “It was a disappointing day for the #26 AFS car.  Everyone seemed to find the speed they needed but we only found a little; so I think we went the wrong way on the changes we made on the car throughout both sessions.  We need to think everything through tonight and hopefully we will get a better result at the qualifying run tomorrow.”

Driver:  Hideki Mutoh
Car:  #27 Formula Dream Dallara/Honda/Firestone
Position:  16th
Speed:  99.014 mph
Time:  1:11.5538 sec.
Laps:  51

Hideki Mutoh: “We were doing okay at the beginning of the afternoon session but when we made a few changes, we ended up losing the speed. We know what we did to slow down the car so we know which direction we need to go for tomorrow. I think it will be a exciting weekend and hope to have a strong qualifying run tomorrow.”

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