Predicting an Indianapolis 500 winner is hard. Just ask the Andretti family.
by James F. Peltz, Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2019
3 minutes
One compelling aspect of the Indianapolis 500 is that the race is so difficult to win because so much can go wrong, no matter how fast the car.
Parnelli Jones was leading when a $6 ball bearing in his gearbox failed in 1967. A last-lap crash ruined J.R. Hildebrand's sure win in 2011. Others have seen victory vanish with blown engines, botched pit stops and fuel strategies that backfired. The great Mario Andretti won
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