Results (with starting pos.) from the Indianapolis 500

1. (19) No. 28 Hunter-Reay, Honda

2. (4) No. 3 Castroneves, Chevrolet

3. (6) No. 25 Andretti, Honda

30. (18) No. 8 NTT DATA Chevrolet (Briscoe)

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 26, 2014) – NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing driver Ryan Briscoe finished 18th in the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The No. 8 NTT DATA Chevrolet started the 200-lap race on the outside of the 10th row in the 30th position, but quickly found itself back in pit lane on the first lap after an incident with the No. 33 car that called for new tires. The unplanned pit stop put Briscoe a lap down from the field and in 33rd place. On lap 31, the No. 8 NTT DATA Chevrolet came in for wing adjustments, tires, and fuel and by lap 94 Briscoe had moved up 10 positions to the 23rd spot.

Briscoe stayed in the 23rd position for most of the race until moving up to the 15th position on lap 177 before the restart. After the field saw another quick yellow on lap 180, Briscoe started in the 12th position and moved up to eighth when the red flag went out for an incident with the No. 6 car. On the restart on lap 197, Briscoe made contact that caused damage to the front wing. Over the final three laps, Briscoe quickly fell from eighth to 18th where he would cross the finish line.

With the result, Briscoe holds the 11th position in the Verizon IndyCar Series point standings with 121 markers, 153 points behind the points leader Ryan Hunter Reay.

Notes of Interest

- On the first lap, the No. 8 car was involved in an incident that caused the team to pit for new tires and to check on the front and rear.

- Briscoe moved from the 30th starting position up to as high as the eighth position.

- On the last restart, the No. 8 car damaged the front wing and fell from eighth to 18th.

Up next for NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing is the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit at Belle Isle on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1 (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC).

NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing Quoteboard:

Ryan Briscoe, No. 8 NTT DATA Chevrolet: “Today was a bit of a rough day for NTT DATA Racing. We started in the back and were able to move up into the top-10 even after the incident on the first lap. Things were actually looking up for us at the end of the race and we were able to restart in eighth after the red flag with only three laps left. I got into some traffic and my front wing was broken and I just wasn’t able to hold onto eighth. It’s definitely disappointing to end up where we did after we worked so hard as a team to get back toward the front, but that’s just the way it goes. We’ll get to work on the car and we’ll be ready for Detroit next weekend.”