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Lights champ Hildebrand ready for bigger things

By John Oreovicz

Friday, October 2, 2009

The IndyCar Series championship will go down to the wire for the fourth year in a row, but the Firestone Indy Lights title has already been settled. And for the first time since 2002, the Lights champion is an American -- J.R. Hildebrand, a 21-year-old from Sausalito, Calif. Hildebrand has been considered a top American open-wheel prospect since he won the Team USA Scholarship in 2005. His progression through the fractured American ladder system since that success has been rapid. Hildebrand cru ...

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