Some final quotes from the field on their day (both good and bad):
Davey Hamilton: "Tomas Scheckter thinks he can lead the first lap, you know. He's an idiot. And he does it all the time. He just came out of nowhere, and we have no spotters in Turn 2. We were just coming up the racetrack and there he was, and I just went to avoid him and we got caught up...Well, I'll just tell him what I think. What do you say to him? He knows better. It's very disappointing when you don't even get to race."
Danica Patrick: "I'm very happy with the result, and the reasons we got it were that our pit stops rocked and we had a perfect strategy. We did struggle a little in the early goings. We almost went a lap down. But we were able to get the GoDaddy.com car into the position it should have been in. I focused on making sure I lifted and got a tow from other cars to save fuel as the laps were winding down. I'm really glad that yellow came out at the end because we were cutting it real close on fuel. That's the roll of the dice, and the team did a perfect job."
Scott Dixon: "For me, it was not much of an exciting race. I was kind of sitting in the back of the pack when we had the pit stop problem. We just never really regained. I slowly picked off cars as I went along. If it was a 600- or 700-mile race, we would have been looking decent. It was a huge day for the team. It was a fantastic job by Dario. He got lucky on the yellow, but you've got to give the guy a lot of credit: He led a lot of laps and definitely worked on it."
Will Power: "First of all, the Verizon car was very quick today. We could have hung with Dario (Franchitti) no problem, I think. You just can't make mistakes at Indy and win, and we just made too many mistakes today. I hope Mike Conway is all right, because I just hate to see an accident like that any time. We still have a championship to compete for, so we'll move on from here and keep pushing for that."
Graham Rahal: "Really, it was disappointing for us. You know, they penalized me for blocking. Danica put me in the grass on the back straightaway. So they penalized me after all that kind of stuff. You go forwards. You go backwards. We struggled a little bit on the initial start. We moved all the way back. We got back in it. That was our day. The car ran great, especially there at the end. That 30 laps we were in front of Dario, the car absolutely flew. At the end, the car was pretty good. For sure, we were as quick as Helio. It just didn't work out. The strategy was good today. We just had to recover from too many mistakes. The QuickTrim boys worked really hard. It was great to come here and have the support that we've had. I promise that if we come back together in the future the performance will be even better."
Ryan Briscoe: "We were having a good run in the Team Penske car, so it was definitely a disappointing result. It was really slick out there, and we just added some downforce to the car. But we were on cold tires and just got up into the marbles, and it was the point of no return, so we hit the wall. I feel really bad for my guys. The car had been so good all month, and everyone worked really hard. We'll keep working away at it and go for the win next week in Texas."
Will Power: "As a team, we made too many mistakes today. We had our first stop go wrong. I went long, and then we had a wheel problem in another. You can't win this race when you keep dropping to the back. We had a bloody fast car. The Verizon car was chopping through the field. It was one of those days. I really hope Mike Conway is OK. I hate to see that happen on the last lap of the race. It was a nasty crash. It was right in front of me. I really hope that he's OK. We had a fast car. I think we could have hung with Dario no problem. It's the lesson of this place. You can't make mistakes. You have to nail everything on a day like today, and that's how you win this thing. I was exhausted. Honestly, even halfway, I was like, 'Man, this race is tough." I couldn't wait to get out. I was drained. I was just glad to get out of the car at the end there."
Tony Kanaan: "I hope I made it exciting out there. I promised them a good start, and I think I did that. I have been in many positions for this race, and I don't think the fastest car wins all the time. I think we had a shot for a win. This whole team for the work they did today deserved a top-three today. I had to come in and get fuel and go out and go as fast as I could. The strategies could have worked both ways. We took a gamble. When it comes to a fuel strategy race, I'm not a big fan of it. It could have gone the other way. We could have gotten the lead and won the race, and we could brag about it for the rest of my life. I support my guys all the way. Let's learn from it. I think this team is more together than ever"
