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NO. 3 GALLAGHER DALLARA/CHEVROLET
START – 2ND FINISH – 6TH POINTS – 6TH (-159)
RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 Gallagher Chevrolet team had the pace to win Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto, but the delicate strategy balance did not go their way in a sixth-place finish for the New Zealander. After matching his season-best starting position of second on Saturday afternoon, McLaughlin and team elected for a slightly different, two-stop strategy. Their goal was to “overcut” the field by running longer, but an extended first pit stop and an ill-timed caution flag later in the event wiped away any gains made. Following his final pit stop, McLaughlin found himself in the 15th position. Gradually, he worked his way through the field and put himself in position to capitalize on several cars that had to make late pit stops for fuel, eventually coming home in the sixth position.
MCLAUGHLIN’S THOUGHTS: “It was an up-and-down day for us here at Toronto. We had a really fast Gallagher Chevrolet, probably a winning car but things just didn’t go our way with the strategy. I will back my guys always and I think we had the right strategy. It is what it is. We are in this together, and we’ll push on with another solid finish. It’s hard not to feel a bit frustrated when I think we could have easily won that race.”
