{"id":7094,"date":"2024-05-28T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2024-05-28T10:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:02:42","slug":"abel-motorsports-duo-takes-indy-nxt-momentum-to-the-motor-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/abel-motorsports-duo-takes-indy-nxt-momentum-to-the-motor-city\/","title":{"rendered":"ABEL Motorsports duo takes INDY NXT momentum to the Motor City"},"content":{"rendered":"

– With podium finishes in each of the first four races, Jacob Abel looks to grow his points lead<\/em><\/p>\n

– Yuven Sundaramoorthy will return to Michigan in two weeks for the Formula SAE Electric final at Michigan International Speedway<\/em><\/p>\n

SPEEDWAY, Ind. (28 May 2024) \u2013 On the heels of a victory and a second-place finish in the INDY NXT by Firestone doubleheader at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway two weeks ago, ABEL Motorsports takes a 25-point championship lead to the Motor City this weekend.<\/p>\n

Yuven Sundaramoorthy (Oconomowoc, WI.) will race in Detroit for the first time, while Jacob Abel (Louisville, Ky.) raced on the new\u00a0nine-turn, 1.7-mile\u00a0downtown circuit last year, finishing fourth in the first of two races.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new circuit around the Renaissance Center feels raw, almost unfinished, in comparison to other street circuits we go to,\u201d said Abel. \u201cTracks like St. Pete and Toronto are very polished, they almost have a road course look to them \u2013 the track is fairly smooth, and we know those tracks so well. Here, it feels as though you\u2019re\u00a0driving through the streets of Detroit, which makes for very interesting racing. Plus, on a new street circuit, things can change drastically year to year \u2013 we need to watch for repaving, or bumps that were there last year and are gone now. It\u2019s a tough track, very bumpy, and it\u2019s difficult to get into a draft.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the points leader, Abel knows the balance between going for the win and the need to score maximum points each race. But he also knows that the balance of risk and reward requires a little bit different calculation on a circuit as unforgiving as Detroit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all very circumstantial,\u201d said Abel. \u201cIt\u2019s important to maximize every race weekend, and it\u2019s still early in the championship so I\u2019m not looking at the big picture quite yet. We\u2019re just looking to go out there and win races and succeed as best we can. The best way to extend a championship lead is to win \u2013 and I think I\u2019m the kind of driver who doesn\u2019t take unnecessary risks as it is, so I\u2019ll just keep that attitude going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sundaramoorthy enjoys street course racing and hopes to add the Detroit circuit to his favorites list. The 21-year-old University of Wisconsin graduate also looks forward to returning to Michigan in two weeks, for a very special competition.<\/p>\n

Sundaramoorthy will drive the\u00a0Formula SAE<\/a>\u00a0electric vehicle he helped build while studying computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u00a0The student team will compete for the electric vehicle championship title at Michigan International Speedway, against as many as 119 university-based teams from all over the world. Wisconsin recently brought home third place in the combustion engine competition\u2019s design category, though Sundaramoorthy had to miss the weekend as he was racing at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so cool \u2013 you learn so much at those competitions,\u201d said Sundaramoorthy. \u201cYou see everyone else\u2019s cars, and everyone enjoys explaining what they did. Saturday will be the endurance race so hopefully we can do well!\u201d<\/p>\n

As the ABEL Motorsports team heads to Detroit with the points lead, it might be easy to think that a team leading the championship would change its practices or mindset. Team manager John Brunner would be quick to refute that idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe job is the same every single weekend,\u201d said Brunner, \u201cWe haven\u2019t changed anything in our processes this year, but we have a confident driver \u2013 we\u2019ve always thought that when Jacob wins a race, he’s going to be tough to beat, and I think that we’re living that right now. Detroit is a little bit different of a challenge in that it\u2019s maybe a little bit tighter than Toronto or St. Pete in that and it\u2019s definitely got its quirks, but the mindset is the same: if we have a car capable of winning, we expect to win. But the goal is clearly to get all the points that the car is willing to give us that day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional media notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-> Sundaramoorthy graduated last year with a BS in computer science from University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p>\n

-> Abel is one of only two INDY NXT drivers (with James Roe) to have raced on both the old Belle Isle circuit and the new downtown track.<\/p>\n

-> Abel has scored podiums in all four INDY NXT races this season, with victories at Barber Motorsports and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway<\/p>\n

ABEL Motorsports thanks partners ABEL Construction Company, Advance Ready Mix, Boyd Cat\u00ae, S Team Motorsports and OMP for their continued support.<\/p>\n

The INDY NXT by Firestone Detroit Grand Prix takes the green flag Sunday, June 2 at 10:20 a.m. ET. The race will be streamed live in the U.S. on Peacock, while international viewers can watch via\u00a0INDYCARLIVE<\/a>, with INDYCAR Radio available at\u00a0indycar.com<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0Sirius XM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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