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There will be a new team at Indy this May and Pippa Mann will be their driver…
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It appears that Clauson-Marshall Racing, the team that fielded superstar Bryan Clauson in USAC racing before his death, will put Pippa in an IndyCar for the 2019 Indy 500 - Their first effort at the Indy 500, but the 7th entry for the British driver at the great race.
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The team is apparently getting their chassis / engine from AJ Foyt Enterprises and along with it goes technical assistance. That bodes well for Mann, as the AJ Foyt team has always been able to run very competitively at Indy. The Indy 500 is actually the main reason that Foyt remains in IndyCars and he devotes the majority of his attention to it.
That is going to be even more important this year, as it is expected that there will be as many as 38 entries in the 500, and only 33 qualifiers will make the start. Mann, driving for Dale Coyne Racing, and James Hinchcliffe, driving for Arrow Schmidt Peterson, were both bumped out of the race last year during qualifying.
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This tie-in with AJ Foyt Enterprises is probably the best hedge against that happening to Mann, again. Confirmations expected soon.
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