Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
I am going to toss out anything that happened with Sarah's outfit and put it aside. No one has ever been competitive in that car, oval or road course, so to criticize him for what was going on at Long Beach isn't really worth condemnation. Will Power, Helio and Dario couldn't have probably dragged that car further up the grid with the engineering help Sarah can afford. They just don't understand enough about this car to make it competitive.
So we have to look past SFR with Graham, and go back to his Newman Haas days. The fact is he is a project. When he gets the car he wants, he is fast. He won a race, and didn't have to play the fuel mileage game on a foot to the floor 1.5 mile oval to do it. What is more, he can turn left all day, or turn right too. He isn't a one trick pony. That said, he looked pretty green at Indy, blocking but hey, you know who does it and gets away with it, so there you have why Graham figured it was legal.
I am not saying he is going to be the next best deal, but for D and R, he could be an inspired choice. The kid has good genes, and a good coach. That has to be something I guess...but really, things could go either way.