For us, this is a great result, but we wanted the win for a lot of different reasons," he admitted, "The way we've been going so far, we've been fast but we've messed up on strategy. We've never qualified outside the top four, now we just need to improve one more spot.
Law admitted that the team had struggled after caution periods.
"We had a bit of a tough time on restarts, and I was surprised I was getting loose going up the hill," he reported, "But the team has really come together, and it's a good result for us.
Polesitter Max Angelelli and SunTrust Racing co-driver Michael Valiante may finished a season-best third in the #10 Riley-Pontiac, but the result was still viewed as a victory of sorts, coming as it did just 19 days after the team lost its primary car, transporter and equipment in a fire along a Texas highway. Angelelli led the first lap and Valiante six others in the venerable Riley, which was brought out of mothballs for the race.
I wanted it for the guys because they worked so hard," Angelelli admitted, "We had lost everything - I mean everything - and I have to thank the guys and Team Ganassi for giving us everything. We'll be racing the Riley until Mid-Ohio, and it was really difficult with the heat. I was pushing, and I consume a lot of energy when I drive, but I wanted this podium so badly, I think I called onto God."
Valiante admitted that he and his co-driver owed a lot to the unstinting efforts of the #10 team.
"They have done an unbelievable job after the fire - the car was flawless," the Canadian reported, "Many times we came away from races asking what went wrong but, hopefully, all our bad luck went up in smoke with the fire. It's easy to bet depressed, but we've stayed optimistic - that's a key for this team. We're trying to get consistent results. We want to get back in the swing of things.
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