Patricio O’Ward Sweeps The Indy Lights Races At Mid-Ohio

“It wasn’t an easy race. My teammates were putting some pretty good pressure on me – Ryan in the beginning and Colton in the end. It’s pretty hard to keep people behind you once they can engage the push-to-pass and I was just trying to monitor that gap. I’m super stoked for the 27 crew, we have three in a row. It would be nice to get a fourth one tomorrow for a clean sweep of the weekend. I’m looking forward to tomorrow and carrying the momentum into the end of the season.”

“It’s a tough track to pass on. I didn’t get the best of starts – it’s kind of hard when you start third, you sort of get cooped up on the inside of Turn 1 and don’t get a great run. Once everybody fans out a bit and tires come up to temp, it’s hard to pass. This is a track that is not known for overtakes. Luckily, we had a yellow and I had a chance there. It was tough but happy to be on the podium and collecting any points we can to close the gap.”

“It was a good start to the race. I was mixing it up with Santi [Urrutia] and [Aaron] Telitz and me and Santi got a little bit of racing contact in Turn 2 and I kind of got shuffled back to sixth. I collected a free position when Aaron spun out and then when Santi pitted, I was up to fourth. I had a good battle with me, Colton [Herta] and Ryan [Norman] off the restart. Ryan was working to pass Colton in Turn 2 and I was able to take advantage and get by Ryan in Turn 4. That kind of cemented the podium position. The Andretti guys did a good job – we had a car that was quick, and we were able to keep some guys behind us. Congrats to Ryan and to the team on sweeping the podium today.”

“Obviously, it wasn’t the outcome that we were hoping for after starting second. We were running strong until after the restart and then things just went south from there. Congrats to my teammates for finishing 1-2-3 today. Tomorrow is a new day and we have one more race to fight for that podium finish.”