ALEXANDER ROSSI
No. 27 AUTONATION / NAPA AUTO PARTS HONDA
START -11th
FINISH -21st
CHAMPIONSHIP-16th (31 pts)
OF NOTE:
Ran consistently in the top 10, until a racing incident on track with Graham Rahal caused a tire puncture forcing the 27 machine to finish two laps down.
“It was a disappointing day. I think we had a top-five car that could have been on the podium. It was just a racing deal in Turn 4 with Graham (Rahal). Obviously, it was close and we got a tire puncture because of it which caused us to go into the wall in Turn 5. It’s unfortunate that it hurt both of us. Our AutoNation / NAPA AUTO PARTS Honda was really good and I definitely think we deserved to be up there, but it wasn’t meant to be. Congrats to Colton (Herta) and we’ll go on to Texas next week.”
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
