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SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 GALLAGHER CHEVROLET
START: 5TH
FINISH: 8TH
POINTS: 3RD (-12)
RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 Gallagher Chevrolet team turned in a solid, eighth-place effort in Saturday’s Good Ranchers 250 at Phoenix Raceway, leaving the desert oval in the third position in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES standings. Always a tough competitor in time trials, McLaughlin started the race from the fifth position. He dropped a few positions throughout the first stint while dealing with front-end handling issues on his Gallagher Chevy. McLaughlin would settle comfortably inside the top 10 following his first pit stop of the day on Lap 73 before catching a huge break by discovering a puncture in the right rear tire on Lap 120. He was able to make his way down pit road for fresh Firestone tires to continue unscathed. As the end of the 250-lap event became one of tire strategy and green-flag pit stops, McLaughlin would cycle in and out of the top five before crossing the line in the eighth position.
MCLAUGHLIN’S THOUGHTS: “Battled all day in the Gallagher Chevy. I wasn’t entirely happy with the balance and it wasn’t really that comfortable. We have to do a little bit of studying. Overall, it’s a great day. The team won. That’s a good thing. Congrats to the No. 2 team. We’ll rebuild and go to a great race in Arlington.”
