Juan Pablo Garcia hopes his first top-five finish is a sign of things to come in Firestone Indy Lights.

The Mexican driver, who joined Team Moore Racing, finished fourth in the season-opening St. Petersburg 100 on March 23 and hopes to build on that finish in the Legacy Indy Lights 100 at Barber Motorsports Park on April 7.

“The chemistry with all the people involved in the team is very important and right now everybody is very happy working with me and I'm happy with them, too,” Garcia said. “Everybody has the same goal to get good results and podiums and try to be each time faster. Everybody is making a big effort to achieve that.”

Garcia has a pair of top-10 finishes in as many starts on the 2.38-mile road course, including what was a career-best eighth last season. He said the track is one of his favorites on the schedule.

“It's a fast track, very hard to pass,” Garcia said. “There are really two good passing points on the heavy braking point between Turns 5-6 and the rest of the track really gets you into a flow corner by corner. It's important to not lose the rhythm all over the track. If you do, you'll see the difference on your lap time. You need to keep pushing at all corners.”

Team Moore Racing has scored a win at Barber and Garcia said that adds to the confidence that he has the tools to achieve his goals of running up front and potentially adding to the team’s trophy case.

“I would like to score top fives and podiums,” he said. “The times are very close, which means everybody has a big chance to make it big on every race. You just need to take advantage of others’ mistakes and try to have a perfect race.

It's a small field, but very competitive. Cars are within half of a second of difference or so and that makes vying for the podium harder. Also, cars with the top teams have very good drivers. I'm enjoying driving for TMR and in Firestone Indy Lights this year.”