INDIANAPOLIS — Sam Mayer is showing now that this is who we thought he’d be. Saturday’s runner-up result was his fifth top five finish in the last six races including four straight. Those four finishes are 2nd, 1st 5th, 2nd.

“That was all I had right there to catch the 10 (Allmendinger) and get us some more points,” said Mayer, who scored his fourth straight top-five finish. “I’m really proud of our guys here today. Our Chevrolet was really fast. But a lot of positivity going into the next couple of weeks because we are clicking off top fives like it’s easy.

“These road courses have been good to us the last couple of weeks—and the ovals are just as good. I’m looking forward to what we have going into (Watkins) Glen next week and then a bunch of ovals after that.”

He picked up his first career win on a road course two races ago in Road America and is honestly starting to enter the championship conversation if he keeps this up. He had just two top five finishes in the first 14 races to the season but has doubled that just in this stretch.