How Greg Moore shaped Canada's modern IndyCar hero
Greg Moore's tragic death in the 1999 CART IndyCar finale robbed Canada of a motorsport hero. Twenty years on, the nation's current top IndyCar racer James Hinchcliffe opens up about the extent of his idol's influence on his life
There's a much used saying warning us to never meet our heroes, and we've no doubt all had mixed results when coming face to face with our idols. But IndyCar race winner James Hinchcliffe is firmly calling 'bullshit' on that old adage....
With his warm, wide smile, infectious sense of humour and bright red racing gloves, it's not difficult to see the echoes and influences of Hinchcliffe's great hero. From the moment he began karting as an impressionable nine-year-old, he already knew he wanted to emulate his fellow Canadian, Greg Moore.
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