Following the victory in the second race in Toronto, Mike Conway is hoping the positive momentum results in positive results on a track that hasn’t treated him well in the past. In three previous starts, Conway has a pair of DNFs while finishing 21st in the only race that he finished in Mid-Ohio in 2012.
Though perhaps a positive test a couple weeks ago with Ed Carpenter Racing will result in good results this time around.
“It was good that we had a test day before the race, really gave us a chance to get through a good program that the engineers wanted to get through,” Conway commented. “We stuck with that all day. By the end of it, we had the car pretty dialed in. We were running in the top five all day. I was pretty happy with how the test went.
“I’m looking forward to getting back out on track with the car we ended up with. Looking forward to the weekend ahead.”
Splitting the schedule this year with Ed Carpenter means Conway only has a pair of starts left in the season – Mid-Ohio, and then Sonoma later this month. With scoring a pair of wins this year (Long Beach and Toronto), no doubt he wants to finish the year off strong.
“I’m looking forward to getting some good results,” he commented. “I want to finish the road course program off strongly. I know we really kind of found some things at the Mid-Ohio test. I think we can look forward to hopefully a couple good weekends. I want to finish well. Looking forward to Ed kicking some butt on the two ovals as well, so it should be fun.”
The idea of splitting the schedule, though, has a draw back as there is no recognition in the driver’s standings. However, that doesn’t matter to Conway as he says he’s thankful for the opportunity to work with Carpenter and how well it has gone.
“I’m just enjoying doing all the road course racing, watching Ed on the ovals,” he added. “I think it’s a really good pairing, working out well. I definitely see we can work more in the offseason, we’ll definitely be able to come back stronger next year. So it’s a really good thing.”
