Sunday, April 19 2015
Gearbox failure ends Brabham's race at Long Beach
Matt Brabham's quest to win the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Long Beach has ended in disappointment with a technical failure cutting short his race.
Matt Brabham's quest to win the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Long Beach has ended in disappointment with a technical failure cutting short his race.
Brabham made the best of the start, avoiding the opening lap incident involving two of the front-runners and started chipping his way forward.
He was able to get his No. 83 The Stellrecht Company-backed Andretti Autosport car up to sixth position early on.
The 21-year-old graduate of the Mazda Road to Indy program would only complete six laps however as the car stopped on circuit with a gearbox issue.
“Really disappointing is probably the only way I could sum up the weekend,†said Brabham. “We started the race strong, avoided the opening lap crash and were on the charge. With some clear air and green running I am sure we could have closed on those in front of us.â€
“It was great that we were able to come to Long Beach and compete this weekend, I was so happy to be here, it is a wonderful event. I can’t thank Bob Stellrecht and The Stellrecht Company enough, along with the crew at Andretti Autosport for getting us on track this weekend.â€