RACE 1:
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 United Rentals Dallara/Honda/Firestone: "It was a tough day. I spun early and luckily it didn't end up hurting us. We were able to pass a lot of guys today but in the end, we had to go to blacks (primary tires) and I think it hurt us and we also ran out of overtake. We still got Dixie (Dixon) back when he made his mistake, but it was definitely hard. (Will) Power was flying hard. His straight-line speed was extremely strong, so it was hard for us to get by him but we're back at it tomorrow morning. We will try to qualify up front and give ourselves a better shot to try to win this thing get this United Rentals car up front tomorrow."
- FAST FACTS: Rahal moved into ninth place from his 11th place start on the opening lap. Rosenqvist regained his spot and Rahal was running 10th when he spun and continued but dropped to 14th. He moved into 12th when Hunter-Reay and Ferrucci made contact and conserved fuel to stretch his stint. He cycled up to fourth place when he made his first stop on Lap 20 of 85. He passed Chilton and Pagenaud before the next pit cycle started and he cycled into the lead on Lap 44 before his second stop. He returned to the track in eight place He passed Dixon on Lap 52 for seventh place and held it until the next pit cycle began. He cycled into the lead for Laps 63-66 and returned to run seventh. He used all of his Push-to Pass and Dixon, who had 35 seconds left, passed him for position on lap 77. Dixon made a mistake on Lap 84 and Rahal regained seventh place which he held until the checkered flag… The 2020 Harvest GP doubleheader will be Rahal's eighth and ninth Indy car races on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In July, he earned his top start of fourth place here and matched his best finish of second place (2015, 2020) in seven starts but looked likely to win. In seven events, he has six top-10 finishes of second (2015, 2020), fourth (2016), sixth (2017), seventh (2019) and ninth (2018). Has SIX INDYCAR SERIES wins (2008 - St. Pete street course; 2015 - Fontana Super Speedway, Mid-Ohio road course; 2016 - Texas Super Speedway; 2017 Detroit Race 1, Detroit Race 2) and THREE poles (2009 - St. Pete street course, Kansas oval; 2017 - Detroit Race 1 street) and his highest series season-ending standing is fourth place in 2015… He is currently ranked sixth in NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings with 328 and is only -32 behind third place Colton Herta (360).
RACE 2:
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 United Rentals Dallara/Honda/Firestone: "Another seventh-place finish. I'm disappointed from the standpoint that I thought yesterday the United Rentals car had good pace but today we struggled a little. I think a lot of guys struggled more today just for whatever reason it was kind of a handful out there. We got two seventh-place finishes, we're still sixth in the points and 22 behind Pato so we've got to have a good weekend in St. Pete, and we can get into the top-five. But we were just missing it a little bit this weekend. We'll work hard and try to figure it out and come back stronger. In the end it was a good weekend for Turns for Troops and Soldier Strong with our United Rentals program. We raised a lot of money to help our veterans."
- FAST FACTS: Rahal qualified 10th for the 75-lap race and gained four spots on the opening lap to run sixth. He started on primary Firestone tires and Santino Ferrucci utilized his quicker red tires to regain a spot. Rahal ran second for two laps but knew he wouldn't be able to conserve fuel and hold off hard charging run from Harvey or Newgarden and ran ninth on Lap 10 until the pit cycle started. After his first of two stops, he settled into seventh place and held the position through his second stop and to the checkered flag … The 2020 Harvest GP doubleheader will be Rahal's eighth and ninth Indy car races on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In July, he earned his top start of fourth place here and matched his best finish of second place (2015, 2020) in seven starts but looked likely to win. In seven events, he has six top-10 finishes of second (2015, 2020), fourth (2016), sixth (2017), seventh (2019) and ninth (2018). Has SIX INDYCAR SERIES wins (2008 - St. Pete street course; 2015 - Fontana Super Speedway, Mid-Ohio road course; 2016 - Texas Super Speedway; 2017 Detroit Race 1, Detroit Race 2) and THREE poles (2009 - St. Pete street course, Kansas oval; 2017 - Detroit Race 1 street) and his highest series season-ending standing is fourth place in 2015… He maintained his sixth-place rank in NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings with 354 and is only -22 behind fifth place Pato O'Ward (376).