After nine races of the season, Lundgaard’s highest finish was a ninth place, but following a test at Sebring, the team bounced back, with both Graham Rahal and Lundgaard looking strong at Toronto while at the next road course, Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Lundgaard nailed a second place finish. He then qualified third at Nashville and fourth at Portland, even if the race results didn’t reflect his pace.
Yet today at Laguna Seca, where he struggled during his first test last week, Lundgaard climbed from 16th on the grid to finish fifth. That pushed him 18 points clear of David Malukas in the Rookie of the Year standings.
