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Most rookies drivers found Indy tough to solve on first attempt

By John Schwarb
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, May 26, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS -- The recipe was in place for a caution-filled Indianapolis 500, the most prominent ingredient being the race's largest rookie class in more than a decade, many of them refugees from another racing series unfamiliar with tests such as 200 laps around a 2.5-mile oval. Sure enough, Sunday's race was a messy one with 69 yellow-flag laps, the most since the 85 in 1992. But the blame could be spread well beyond the eight drivers and seven first-time 500 starters who transitioned over ...

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