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Indy winner Franchitti targets Indy/Milwaukee double

By John Oreovicz
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, June 1, 2007

It's been nearly 40 years since Luther Erding -- Robert "R.J." Wagner's character in the Indy-themed movie "Winning" -- uttered the memorable line: "Everyone goes to Milwaukee after Indianapolis." But that generally hasn't been the case since 1995. The Champ Car World Series retained Milwaukee's early June open-wheel date after the CART/IRL split of 1996, and it wasn't until 2004 that the IndyCar Series actually staged a race at the Mile -- with a late July date. By then, attendance for th ...

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