Formula Dream driver Hideki Mutoh scored a second-place finish Sunday at the second annual Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway, his best career finish.

Mutoh, who started seventh, fought understeer in the beginning of the race, but ran near the top ten. As the race neared a conclusion, the Formula Dream team chose to keep Mutoh on the track in an effort to move him to the front of the field and to finish the race on one less pit stop than the majority of the field. The strategy was successful and Mutoh was running second, where he finished.

Mutoh’s second place finish is the best finish for a Japanese driver in IndyCar Series history.

Hideki Mutoh, #27 Formula Dream Dallara/Honda/Firestone:

“It was a very fun race and I think the Formula Dream team did a great job finishing in the second position today. I didn’t want to block Marco when he was behind me but we only had 10 laps to go and I wanted to pass Dan so I didn’t let him pass me. I wanted to have a clean race and I think I was able to do that. The second-place finish is the best result for a Japanese driver in IndyCar Series history so I am happy about that. I would like to thank the Formula Dream team engineers for the great strategy and hope we will keep doing well in the future races.”

Kim Green, Race Strategist, #27 Formula Dream Dallara/Honda/Firestone:

“The car wasn’t so good at the beginning of the race but he handled it very well. The Formula Dream team did a good job with pit stops and the engineers did a great job with strategy. Hideki worked very hard racing against his teammate and he kept trying to pass the leading car so it was a very good race. I am very proud of him and he learned so much from today’s race.”

Posted: 06|22|08 at 9:41 pm. Filed under: Andretti Green Racing, Hideki Mutoh, Iowa Speedway.
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