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SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 ODYSSEY BATTERY CHEVROLET
START: 21ST
FINISH: 23RD
POINTS: 11TH (-233)
RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 Odyssey Battery Chevrolet team finished 23rd in Sunday’s Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio after tire complications altered their strategy. The seven-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES winner started the 90-lap event on the primary Firestone tire from the 23rd position before switching to the softer compound tire on his first pit stop on Lap 12. The team’s strategy was to run the softer tire for the remainder of the race, but under the hot Ohio sun they could not make them last a full stint. After changing back to the primary tire halfway through the race, McLaughlin attempted to run the softer compound on the team’s last stint but was forced to pit lane with 12 laps remaining to cross the finish line in the 23rd position.
MCLAUGHLIN’S THOUGHTS: “It was a long, hot day inside the Odyssey Battery Chevy, for sure. Felt like we could have finished somewhere between eighth and 12th but had a tire de-laminate on the final run. I don’t know, this has obviously been a very tough year for everyone, but this team doesn’t quit. Team Penske doesn’t have these years often, but we will be stronger because of it, that’s for sure. We are going to Iowa with absolute confidence that we will win there.”
