Ericsson has led 43 laps in his Indianapolis 500 profession and was a lap away from his second-consecutive win in 2023 when present champ Josef Newgarden took the lead with half a lap to go and began his bid for 3 Indy 500 wins in a row. Having received the race earlier than and having come so near profitable it once more, he’s conscious of how a lot better the milk tastes from the highest spot on the rostrum and the way rather more enjoyable the porch parties may be after a victory lap.
Allegra tied its advertising and marketing story with Andretti and Ericsson along with allergy symptoms, however it’s a winner’s readability that’s getting them throughout the road collectively.
“It makes an enormous distinction being a winner, for positive. My schedule for the month is fairly packed. Day-after-day, it’s quite a lot of issues happening, and I take pleasure in that as a result of I need to be an envoy for this wonderful race,” Ericsson stated. “However after all it’s a stability as effectively, as a result of I need to win one other 500, however that’s the place you must be good at placing that apart and being centered.”