Sam Schmidt has stated his aim to see both James Hinchcliffe and Mikhail Aleshin in Victory Lane this year, and believes the team should be aiming for top five in the championship. Both Hinchcliffe and Aleshin took pole positions for Schmidt Peterson Motorsport last year, the Canadian driver at the Indianapolis 500 and the Russian at Pocono. However, both came up the wrong side of close finishes, with Aleshin losing to Team Penske’s Will Power by 1.1459sec in the Pocono 500, and Hinchclfiffe falling a mere 0.008sec short of beating Graham Rahal’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car to the checkers at Texas Motor Speedway. Schmidt says SPM deserves better in 2017, telling Motorsport.com:...
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