Obviously, our thoughts and prayers are with the Dana family and everyone associated with the Rahal Letterman race team.
(People) need to have respect for the race team due to the circumstances.
We couldn't be happier with Honda's announcement today. They have been a true partner with the IndyCar Series since joining the league in 2003 and I look forward to teaming up with Honda in continuing the league's growth both on and off the race track.
I understand that Buddy and Danica are two of our most popular drivers. I'm sure people want to see them, but they need to have respect for the race team due to the circumstances that happened Sunday morning.
As difficult as we struggle to put a lot of cars on the race track, the ones that we do have are first-rate, high-quality teams and our product works well for a very entertaining race as well as a reliable and safe race.