Michael Shank must own the record for the longest span between purchasing an Indy car and hitting the track to turn his first laps as an IndyCar entrant. Shank's Ohio-based squad was among the first to buy a Dallara DW12 when the new model was announced in 2011 and took delivery of the car in January of 2012 (pictured below)...after which it sat, for months, as a competitive Indy 500 engine lease proved impossible to secure. His original, unused DW12 chassis was eventually sold in 2012, and with a new Michael Shank Racing-owned DW12 finally in his hands, the strange, six-year journey toward fielding a car of his own will reach the finish line on Tuesday. "At last, we're going testing...
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