Round 17 of the series took place at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. The Nationwide cars do not race at the more famous motor speedway.
After a great finish at Chicago I wa expecting good things from this race. The race weekend started brightly enough when I set the fastest time in practise (22.438).
The start of the race went well as I ran in the top 2 for the first 30 laps. I pitted under the yellow at lap 30 for fuel.
On the restart I forgot that you couldn't overtake until you passed the start/finish line and was rewarded with my first black flag of the race.
After serving that penalty I got another one for dangerous driving!
I decided to stop for fue on lap 50l. Immediately after coming out of the pits there was a yellow caution period which meant that under the 'lucky dog' rule I got back on the lead lap. This was a really break in the race for me as I managed to use the remaining laps to climb through the pack to finish on the podium in 3rd place.
My fastest lap of the race was 22.606 which was slower than my best times in practice and qualifying.
I led 30 of the 90 laps which earned me 5 bonus points.
I was 7th in the standings 205 points behind the leader.
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