Christian Rasmussen picked time to get his greatest results of the 2026 season.
Regardless of being mired again twenty fourth within the IndyCar Sequence championship standings, the Dane was handed a contract extension by ECR final week. And he justified it by charging from nineteenth to complete third in a wild race that featured 17 lead modifications amongst six drivers, together with Rasmussen, and a monitor report 268 passes for place at World Large Know-how Raceway on Sunday night time.
The end result elevated Rasmussen to twenty second within the total standings, the essential closing spot within the Leaders Circle battle. He’s additionally 5 factors behind twentieth, which is occupied by Dale Coyne Racing’s Romain Grosjean (117-112).
Even with this enhance, although, Rasmussen’s ideas dwelled again to Phoenix Raceway in March, the place he collided with Andretti World’s Will Energy whereas preventing for the race lead with 43 laps remaining.
“We have had a troublesome yr,” mentioned Rasmussen, 25. “Feeling like we sort of had a win robbed from us again in Phoenix. Coming proper again to an oval and sort of beginning up the place we completed off was feeling.”
Rasmussen battled wheel-to-wheel with Crew Penske’s Josef Newgarden – the eventual race winner – for the highest spot shortly after the restart on Lap 212, main 5 laps earlier than fading roughly 13 laps later, with Andretti World’s Marcus Ericsson, who led a race-high 114 laps, additionally rolling by.
“Yeah, I imply, like I believe we had a third-place automotive right now,” mentioned Rasmussen, the 2024 Indy NXT champion.
“I could not grasp with these guys there on the finish. I used to be tremendous sturdy I’d say later within the stints, and we did not actually have a number of deg, however I simply did not have that final tempo.
“At any time when we have been all on sort of newer-ish tires, I could not grasp. However once more, very proud of a third-place end right here right now. I believe it is a great way to begin constructing some momentum for the remainder of the yr.”
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