Ryan Hunter-Reay must have passed more cars on his way to finishing third at Pocono on Monday than he has all season. Starting last due to a practice crash that left the 2012 IndyCar champ stiff and sore and his primary chassis sidelined for major repairs, Andretti Autosport's ace turned his spare car – and all of the unknowns about its potential – into the fastest thing on wheels around the 2.5-mile oval. With the No. 28 Honda spooled up and flying, RHR went from last to first by lap 49 and appeared to have the measure of polesitter Mikhail Aleshin in the No. 7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda as he ran somewhere between first and third for most of the race after catching and...
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