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re: 2023 IndyCar Season - R17 Laguna Seca 9/10 2:30 pm ET (NBC)

Posted on 5/23/23 at 9:16 am to
Posted by BlueWaffleHouse
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Posted on 5/23/23 at 9:16 am to
Just announced, Graham Rahal to fill in for Stephan Wilson (broke his back yesterday in that crash). Hell of an emotional turnaround to go from missing out on the race in a car that was a dud, to being able to drive a very fast Chevy.

The D&R team now has RHR & Graham piloting their cars - RHR was 11th yesterday in practice & w/ chevy having a much faster raceday package than the past few years.

Wild that Honda allowed him to drive a Chevy.
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 5/23/23 at 2:06 pm to

Looks like Graham has a very good relationship with the Wilson family. And as I said about Rahal's sponsorship also making him an appealing substitute:
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Fifth Third Bank and United Rentals, which had partnered with Rahal on the No.15 entry, will move across to the No.24.

racer.com/2023/05/23/rahal-to-replace-wilson-at-drr-for-indianapolis-500/




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Wild that Honda allowed him to drive a Chevy.

I think Honda didn't want to be seen as the reason Graham had to miss the Indy 500.

But now Honda's biggest nightmare is Graham Rahal winning the Indy 500. The jokes about about how Graham just needed to drive a Chevy to win the Indy 500 would haunt Honda forever.

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