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Franchitti, Wheldon, Meira debut with new teams at Australia's Gold Coast

By John Oreovicz
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, November 3, 2008

The non-championship exhibition race at Surfers Paradise, Australia, was a good news/bad news situation for the IndyCar Series. It provided a chance for several IndyCar Series teams to work with new drivers in racing conditions to get a head start on the 2009 season. But more than five months will pass before they get to do it again in the 2009 season opener at St. Petersburg, Fla. Dario Franchitti made his return to open-wheelers with Target/Ganassi Racing after a year away, which prompted ...

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