LONG POND, PA – Graham Rahal enters this weekend’s ABC Supply 500 (2 p.m. ET/NBCSN/INDYCAR Radio Network) hot. The Ohio native has scored seven consecutive top 10 finishes in his No. 15 Honda including nine in the last 10 races. The only thing missing is a win.

“I always look forward to the challenge of racing at Pocono,” Rahal said. “I think we have had some great runs in the past there but haven’t been able to fulfill and complete the task. Two or three years ago, (Tony) Kanaan and I changed the lead every lap for about (20) laps so it can certainly be an exciting race.

While Rahal’s superspeedway program hasn’t been at its best lately, it’s improving. Plus, Rahal says that the approach that they have taking in the engineering department for superspeeday’s has him confident that he can contend for the win in Sunday’s race at the Pocono Raceway.

“The engineering staff has done a great job identifying how we need to be better on ovals,” Rahal continued. “We have worked hard on tracks like Indianapolis that can also benefit Pocono. The attention to detail by our mechanics is unparalleled too, and there is no doubt that helps us a lot.

“I feel this is likely our best chance yet for success at Pocono, but we need to be smart and race well. This year we showed at Indianapolis that we have great pace and had a really good result at Texas Motor Speedway. I think we found a lot of good setup information on ovals and I expect us to be competitive.

“Last year at Pocono, I made a mistake on the start and hit Spencer (Pigot) but once the race got going, we were actually right in line and running with (race winner Alexander) Rossi. We stayed with him for all 500 miles, which was a good sign that at least our car was competitive. We were a couple of laps down due to the penalty, but we were in the hunt.”

Rahal has two goals left for this season that he’d like to accomplish – win and get into the top five of the final standings. Right now, he’s 44 points behind Will Power for that fifth spot with four races remaining.

“I want to get into the top five of the standings by season’s end. We should be able to, just need some good results. We really need a win; we can do it.”