Alex Lloyd was money. Scott Sharp was off the hook. And Helio Castroneves was, well, Castronevesque.
But clearly the most impressive performer over the first weekend of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was America’s best hope for a superstar.
Graham Rahal.
His first coup came on Saturday, when he pulled a sixth-place qualifying run off the board and, in a new car, qualified fourth. In other words, he out-qualified Scott Dixon, the defending race champion as well as the defending IndyCar Series champion for Team Target.
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