Patricio O Ward Has Arrived
IndyCar s newest race winner has only been in the series for 26 races, but his first win was a long time coming. Jared C. TiltonGetty Images
Patricio O Ward s IndyCar success has been inevitable since he won six of the last eight races on his way to the 2018 Indy Lights Series championship. Inevitability is a long road, but that expectation has finally turned into a race win that will be the first of many.
O Ward s winding road to IndyCar starts with a one race deal. It was the final race of the 2018 season, and an ambitious Harding Racing program gave him a chance to prove he belonged in their car the next season. He finished ninth, and he was inked to a full-season contract for the two-car Harding Steinbrenner Racing that offseason.
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Things kind of started back in the 1960s with Elvis Presley and iconic racing-themed movies such as
Speedway,
Viva Las Vegas.
Then there were the Beach Boys, who put cars and music together in almost religious fashion with hits like,“She’s So Fine, My 409,”“Fun, Fun, Fun” (‘til her daddy takes the T-bird away),“Dead Man’s Curve” (from the album“Drag City”),“I Get Around,”“Little Deuce Coupe,” and the immortal,“Little Old Lady From Pasadena.”
Being a rock star and liking fast cars just seem to go together.
Things kind of started back in the 1960s with Elvis Presley and iconic racing-themed movies such as
Speedway,
Viva Las Vegas.
There were also the Beach Boys, who put cars and music together in almost religious fashion with hits like “409,” “Fun, Fun, Fun” (till her daddy takes the T-bird away), “I Get Around,” “Little Deuce Coupe,” and the immortal “Little Old Lady From Pasadena.” Rocker Invited Autoweek into His Garage
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real die-hard Mötley Crüe fans know that lead singer/frontman Vince Neil made four starts in the 1992 Indy Lights Series, including a career-best 10th in his final start (at Milwaukee), along with a pair of 12th-place finishes and a 17th-place finish driving for P.I.G. Racing and sponsored by “Say No To Drugs.”
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