A.J. Allmendinger: IndyCar’s Next Renaissance Man?

A.J. Allmendinger made his much anticipated (and long overdue) open-wheel racing return at Sebring this week. While pundits will be quick to point out that he posted the 12th best time from a group of 13 drivers, I would like to highlight that Allmendinger was only 0.671 seconds off pace-setter Takuma Sato’s best time. If you’d really like to compare apples to apples, he was only 0.208 seconds off teammate Helio Castroneves’ time.Not bad for a guy whose last open-wheel outing was back in 2006. While it’s only a test, there is reason to believe that this could blossom into a ride—whether it’s full-time or not remains to be seen, but all signs point to a partial schedule. A part-time ride isn’t someth...

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