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There used to be a natural progression thru the ranks to get to Indy but most of the owners used to have a midget or Sprint along with a Indycar so that helped drivers move up the ladder. In todays Indycar world unless you are Penske, AGR, Ganassi, Newman-Haas who I believe secure the sponsership for thier own cars and go out and hire the best drivers that they can on tallent not by how much they can bring $$$ they can bring to the team. Dont get me wrong I to miss those days of going to qualifing the head to the Fairgrounds to watch the Sprints run the 3 features two 33 lapers and a 34 but I bet if DD walked up to one of the owners who has an open ride with a check 2.5m he could get that ride but todays openwheel drivers doesnt have the cash or the contacts. I think this started going away 30 to 35 years ago when the Owners started changing to Indycar owners only.
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