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| June 25, 2012 |
| Indy Lights: Night Ends Early for Jeffrey Mark Motorsport in Iowa |
NEWTON, IOWA (June 24, 2012) - The night ended early for the No. 76 Jeffrey Mark Motorsport car in Iowa, as engine issues forced Juan Pablo Garcia into the pits.
IndyCar officials called him into pit lane after noticing a distorted sound coming from the No. 76 car. The car was checked and released, before being called in for good on lap 71 of 115.
Rain delays forced the Firestone Indy Lights Sukup 100 to start after the IZOD IndyCar Series event. Once the green flag dropped around midnight, Garcia and the whole Indy Lights grid ran a fairly clean race with only minor issues. This occasion marked Garcia's first DNF of the season.
"There is not too much I can say about this race," noted Garcia. "It was an engine failure and out of my control. The beginning of the race was good, but once the engine started to slow down it was really hard to maintain the speed. The car felt very tough and it was difficult to go flat everywhere. It was not a really good race for me and I am really sad about that, but I know we will bounce back in Toronto. The Jeffrey Mark Motorsport crew worked super hard this weekend and I really wish we could have finished the race. Special thanks to Jeffrey Mark and Bryan Herta for all the support they have shown me this season. I am looking forward to finishing out the season strong."
Firestone Indy Lights will take the weekend off before heading up to Canada for the Honda Indy Toronto on Saturday July 7th, with the green flag set for 4 pm ET.
Jeffrey Mark Motorsport runs the No. 76 car in the Firestone Indy Lights series. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., JMM will begin its inaugural season with Juan Pablo Garcia behind the wheel. Jeffrey Mark Motorsport is edgy, sophisticated, progressive and ready to take on the Road to Indy. |
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