Bob Dionne sneaks in for 3rd Place at Indy!

Nice job today Bob finishing 3rd today here at Indy and putting your #33 Chevy in the Top 3! How’s it feel to get your 3rd top 5 finish in the your last 4 races?

It feels great to be able to finish up front with the caliber of drivers we have here.

Did you have a gut feeling you had a strong car prior to the drop of the green?

My car was good all week in practice , but wasn't sure how it would fair in the race.

You qualified 4th and were up front all race. Did you think you had a chance to pull off a win as the race progressed?

My car ran well, but don't think I had much for the leaders, at the end I was pushing it for it was worth and couldn't catch the leaders.

When it came time to take fuel and tires, did you have to make adjustments to your car for tight or loose conditions?

I didn't make any ajustments I was pretty happy the way the car was running.

At 1 point during the race during a restart, you got loose, and got into the wall. What were you thinking at that point?

I was think Oh man here we go again, but I was lucky enough not to get much damage from it.

You had a great battle going on with Al Rosemeyer, and Mike Steger going on all race. Did you think you had enough tire left at the end to catch him either one of them

No I didn't have anything for them, I pretty much used up my tires.

In your 5 last races you’ve ran now Bob, you had 5 top 10 finishes, and 3 of those in the top 5. Have you changed or done anything differently since the beginning of the season?

No I haven't changed much just been getting more comfortable with the guys we race with and it makes it alot easier to concentrate on my driving.

For next weeks race, SORS East heads to Watkins Glen, a road course. What the first thing you think hearing “Watkins Glen”?

It's going to be a challenging race for me.

Does Bob Dionne consider himself at Road courses as strong, so-so, or “going to find out!”? lol

I don't usually do real well at the road courses, but i guess time will tell.

Great job today demonstrating patience and consistency on your 3rd place driving performance Bob here at Indy! Thank you for taking time out to speak to us, and wish you the best of luck for the rest of the Season! Is there anyone you’d like to thank, any comments, or anything you’d like to add?\

Thanks Mike it was a fun race. I would like to thank Billy for putting together a bunch of great drivers to race with every week, also thanks to Bob Wigent and John Hayes for teaming up with me and helping on putting some great setups together.

Mike Steger, SORS EAST Race reporter reporting from Indianapolis Speedway