Kyle Kaiser and Juncos Racing went from their Indianapolis 500 entry being in jeopardy to knocking Fernando Alonso and McLaren out of the race.
David Malsher joins Julia Piquet at Indy to recount the full story of the underdog combination that began practice week reeling from sponsor pullouts then recovered from a crash to pull off one of the event’s great upsets – attracting the interest of a host of new backers as a result.
He also highlights some of the other feel-good stories in the field, including newcomers DragonSpeed and Ben Hanley’s great form, and looks at what Friday’s final ‘Carb Day’ practice tells us about prospects for the big race on Sunday.