Schmidt Peterson Motorsports racer Mikhail Aleshin was left satisfied with his most convincing weekend at an oval track, after finishing top Honda car in both qualifying and race. The Russian started ninth and finished fifth, the only HPD-powered entry on the lead lap, having spent the entire race running in the Top 10.  Despite 40 laps of green flag running from the final restart to the checkered flag, Aleshin finished less than a second adrift of championship leader, Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Simon Pagenaud. Aleshin commented afterward: “Fifth is definitely a decent result and really good for the whole team. The guys did an amazing job to put the car together overnight after some...
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