IRL: Sarah Fisher makes the right call

Sarah Fisher laughed. “I had my big-girl pants on that day,” she said.

“That day” was the one when owner/driver Fisher decided to give up her seat and put a more competitive driver in it for the first two American road/street courses of the Izod IndyCar Series season.

Fisher called on one of the series’ rising stars, American Graham Rahal, who finished 10th in his debut for Sarah Fisher Racing in St. Petersburg and gave the young program its best finish in 11 races.

“Big time, big-time decision,” perennial contender Helio Castroneves said this past weekend in Long Beach,

If you would like to read racescribe author Martin Henderson’s story for ESPNLosAngeles.com on Fisher’s defining moment as a team owner, click here.

This entry was posted on April 19, 2010 at 9:57 pm and is filed under Article, IRL with tags Bobby Rahal, Danica Patrick, Graham Rahal, Helio Castroneves, Jimmy Vasser, Los Angeles Times, Mario Romancini, Martin Henderson, Sarah Fisher. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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IRL: Sarah Fisher makes the right call

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