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Not a thrilling Indy 500, but not bad in the rearview

By John Oreovicz

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

A few observations in the aftermath of the 93rd Indianapolis 500: As a car race, this year's Indy 500 won't go down as a classic. In fact, it had some unfortunate similarities to last year's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR Sprint Cup event. Both races were a series of short sprints -- with little passing -- punctuated by yellow-flag pit stops with the field bunched up. The longest stretch of green-flag racing in this year's 500 was from Lap 28 to Lap 56, which was less than a full fuel ru ...

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