Consistency is king for Foster in Iowa, Toronto next

ONE Sports Management Group
Jul 16
2 min read

Louis Foster delivered a strong and consistent weekend at Iowa to hold the lead in the IndyCar rookie of the year standings.

Foster, 21, qualified 12th and 16th for the double header races, maintaining his excellent season qualifying average at 12.5 out of 27 cars. This was no mean feat after tornadoes curtailed practice on his first proper visit to the track for an IndyCar race.

In race one Foster ran strong initially and after falling back, the team made an aero balance change which brought the #45 RLL Droplight Honda to life in Foster’s hands.

“It was good to get a good result on an oval, it matched roughly what we did at the Indy 500, more or less," said Foster, who is backed by Copart, a global leader in online auto auctions, after qualifying.

“We were there on pace, on merit. It was a good race.

“I think the pit stops were also phenomenal by the team, so thank you to the #45 Droplight crew. We should have probably finished maybe towards the top 10 area, had we just had a car balance that was a bit more comfortable for me to drive.”

In race two, Foster had a similar race where he was able to move forward from his starting spot. A late caution bunched up the pack but he brought the car home clean.

“Overall, a good points weekend,” added Foster.

“Not many drivers were able to stay consistent across the two races so I’m happy that we could. I would have liked that consistency to be a couple of top 10s but the team and I worked hard throughout the whole weekend to fight for the positions we earned.”

Foster’s oval average finish is an impressive 13.33.

Next up on the bruising calendar is Toronto this weekend. The team won at the track in 2023.

“The schedule is incredible in IndyCar, because you’re on a run of consecutive races but you go from Iowa, a short oval, to a street circuit in Canada,” added Foster.

"That's about as diverse as it gets.

“Toronto is a track with a lot of history and a lot of well-known drivers have won there. For me, the important thing is to qualify well as we have been doing, and convert that into better race finishes at the end.