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Italian Race Team Prema Wants To Take On American IndyCar Racing
Ons Team Prema Chevrolet’s Callum Ilott at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, in St Petersburg, Florida, on March 2.
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Americans won the first two Indy 500s in US-made cars. Then, in 1913, French driver Jules Goux took first in a Peugeot. As if to hammer home the European victory, during the hot race conditions he used champagne to rinse out his mouth.
Plenty of foreign drivers have since had success in IndyCar racing, including current Spanish champion Alex Palou. But since 1996, when IndyCar launched teams in a shift to professionalize the sport, European teams have scraped barely a handful of victories.