Race Control – May 2019

RACE CONTROL • 27

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in the Indy Lights championship in 2018 before moving up to Harding

Steinbrenner Racing this year after a debut at the season ender at Sonoma
last year.

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be up with the names of people that have won (a) race, I’m going to live and

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great record at a young age. To be standing up here kind of feels surreal.

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It’s spectacular!”
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IndyCar needs to be reviewed as this incident clearly happened as the pair
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