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Allmendinger: I’ll never race an open-cockpit IndyCar after Wilson’s death

NASCAR Sprint Cup driver AJ Allmendinger has no desire to return to the Indianapolis 500, following the death of his close friend Justin Wilson in an IndyCar. After the loss of Wilson in an accident at Pocono Raceway in August of last year, Allmendinger, 34, said his days in open-wheel racing are over – unless he can be persuaded otherwise by closed-cockpit safety.  “The moment Justin Wilson passed away is the moment I said ‘never’,” Allmendinger told motorsport.com. “Never again. “The only way I would do it is if they put in a closed cockpit over the car and tested it and they thought that was a good direction in safety. “Then, I might do it again but no.” Open-wheel...
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