Top 20 Finishes for Both Harvey and Legge at Milwaukee Mile
West Allis, Wis. (Saturday, August 31, 2024) – After a strong qualifying performance earlier in the day, Dale Coyne Racing’s Jack Harvey (No. 18 INVST Honda, Dale Coyne Racing) finished 16th in Saturday evening’s first race of the doubleheader Hy-vee Milwaukee Mile 250s, while his teammate Katherine Legge (No. 51 e.l.f. Cosmetics Honda, Dale Coyne Racing with RWR) also put in a strong performance to take the checkered flag in 19th place.
Jack Harvey, #18 INVST, Dale Coyne Racing Honda
Started: 14th
Finished: 16th
Qualified 13th for Race 2
• Harvey put in a strong performance to start the day, placing 14th and 13th on the starting grid for Race 1 and Race 2, respectively.
• While he fell to 17th at the start of the 250-lap race, he kept drivers such as Scott Dixon behind him until his first pit stop on Lap 62.
• Harvey then took advantage of a full course caution to make his second stop on Lap 92 before taking the Lap 96 restart in 21st place.
• The driver of the No. 18 INVST car returned to pit lane on Lap 137, once again returning to the track in 21st place.
• He was up to 19th by the time he made his final pit stop of the evening on Lap 185.
• Harvey took the Lap 204 restart in 17th and went on to gain one more position before taking the checkered flag.
Post Race Quote
“We started 14th, finished, 16th. I think that last yellow probably hurt us quite a bit honestly. Otherwise, I think we could have had a little bit better result than that. I think we lacked a little bit of pace. It’s really difficult to judge fast laps because you’re always coming out in traffic, at least that was my experience today. This is basically a 500-mile race, and we’re halfway, so hopefully we can find some good changes overnight and be better tomorrow.”
Katherine Legge, #51 e.l.f. Cosmetics, Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda
Started: 18th
Finished: 19th
Qualified: 22nd for Race 2
• Like her teammate, Legge also put in a strong run in qualifying earlier in the day, placing 18th and 22nd on the starting grid for each race.
• Legge spent most of her first stint in 23rd position and made her first stop on Lap 65.
• She then pitted under caution on Lap 88 and returned to the track in 25th.
• By the time she made her final stop on Lap 198 she was up to 21st.
• She registered the fourth fastest lap of the race on Lap 204 with a time of 23.9524.
• She went on to finish 19th.
Post Race Quote
“There was a lot going on in that race, there was a lot of people struggling. Tire degradation was huge which made it interesting depending on what strategy you were on. If there were cars out there on new tires, they were driving past you like you were standing still and you felt like a hero if you were on new tires. I think we were working with the tools, and we were able to have a relatively fast race car. I didn’t feel particularly ‘racy’ just because of what happened at Gateway (World Wide Technology Raceway) I wanted to finish and get my feet underneath me before taking too many chances but some of them are out there racing dirty. I just have to learn and figure it out for tomorrow.”
Next up: Race 2 of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024 (Peacock and USA, from 2:30pm ET)
