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Mechanical woes force Rahal, Wilson to take early exit at Kentucky

By John Schwarb
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, August 10, 2008

SPARTA, Ky. -- As if there had not been enough learning experiences already in a long maiden IndyCar Series season, Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing was in class again Saturday at Kentucky Speedway. Except this was a lesson the team could have lived without: how to change a gearbox in the middle of a race. Teammates Graham Rahal and Justin Wilson suffered the same problem at the Meijer Indy 300, ending their days early on the 1.5-mile oval. Rahal, despite making progress early in the race by movi ...

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