JR Hildebrand has a couple of messy entries in his Verizon IndyCar Series finishing record that are hard to ignore leading into this weekend's race in Long Beach. Widely regarded as an oval specialist, the Ed Carpenter Racing driver is a demon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and has top fives at the high-bank Texas Motor Speedway and the bullring Iowa Speedway from his two full seasons with Panther Racing in 2011 and 2012. And then there's the two sneaky finishes that ruin the "he's only good on ovals" narrative: The Californian scored back-to-back fifth-place finishes at Long Beach for Panther at a time when its road/street racing program was among the least envied in the...
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