Walker and Clarke look ahead together

Dan Clarke

Big car or little car, Dan Clarke would be happy to stay at Walker Racing. “A lot of what we achieved this year far exceeded what we should have done without preseason preparation. I put that down to Walker Racing, having a good engineer and driving well. The one thing I wanted to achieve this year – as well as change the reputation I had with some people in the paddock – is build a relationship with Derrick. Because he is a Roger Penske or a Chip Ganassi: everybody knows he should be back running an IndyCar team. It's beneficial to build a relationship with somebody like that who can not only tell the rest of the world that I'm actually a good guy and a good driver, but also, I hope when he gets an opportunity, he'll call on me to do the job. Now we've spent a year working together, we know how each other is, what our strengths are and he knows how to get the best out of me. I think that will be a big help if we get the opportunity to race together again."

Derrick himself observes: “We are both on the same course, both wanting to get back to where we were in 2007 – racing in the biggest open-wheel racing series in America. That was our common goal at the start of this year and we are still searching for a way to do that, ASAP." More at Racer.com