RYAN HUNTER-REAY
No. 28 DHL HONDA
START–27th
FINISH–15th
CHAMPIONSHIP–16TH / 230 PTS.
OF NOTE: Gained 13 positions on Lap 1 and ran as high as ninth through pit stop cycles.
“We had an excellent start and moved up to 14th. We had a really good start, had really good pace in the DHL Honda – passing cars out there. Then a yellow at the wrong time put us all the way back to P21 again. It was just one of those deals. We had the pace today. Things were going our way until they weren’t. Good to see Alex [Rossi] finish P2 for the team.”
After missing Saturday’s qualifying session due to an unplanned engine change, Ryan Hunter-Reay was forced to start Sunday’s race from the rear. The first lap shuffle worked out in his benefit as he gained 13 positions on the first lap. The 28 team was poised for a top-10 result before an untimely yellow flag shuffled Hunter-Reay back again ultimately bringing home a 15th-place finish. Starting 13th and taking the brunt of the first-lap incident, James Hinchcliffe, suffered unrepairable damage to the No. 29 #ShiftToGreen Honda ending his day before the car was able to finish a lap.
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
