SPARTA, Ky. - Graham Rahal's debut in the IndyCar Series was one for the record books. With little practice behind the wheel of an IndyCar Series car on a road course, the son of open-wheel racing legend Bobby Rahal became the youngest winner in IndyCar Series history at 19 years and 93 days oldwhen he won the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in April. Rahal drives the No. 06 for the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team, which has 106 wins and eight Champ Car titles to its credit, and enters the Meijer Indy 300 on Saturday at Kentucky Speedway ranked 17th in the IndyCar standings. The 20-year-old, who was born in Columbus and resides in New Albany, Ohio, fielded questions before last week's test session. Question: What was it like to win your first IndyCar Series race? Answer: St. Pete was nice to win, but I think we all knew...
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