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Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am draws IndyCar stars

Josef Newgarden knows the pressure is on. He has big shoes to fill. A two-time Verizon IndyCar Series race winner in 2015, Newgarden was hand-selected by Scott and Mark Borchetta of Big Machine Records to be their team's professional driver for the third annual Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Race Honoring Justin Wilson on Saturday, Sept. 19. "The pressure is definitely on," Newgarden said. "It's big pressure. (Big Machine Records has) won Indy 500s and series championships. They've won this race two years in a row (with Marino Franchitti as the pro driver in 2013 and Tony Kanaan in 2014), and they called me and said, 'We expect to win a third time.'" Newgarden will...
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