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How IndyCar's newest winner conquered a crucial demon

OPINION: Felix Rosenqvist's first IndyCar victory at Road America last weekend is significant in itself - and for his trophy cabinet - but it also lifts him to a whole new psychological plane: that of a potential champion

My heart broke just as surely as the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara-Honda when last month Felix Rosenqvist lost his patience, lost his car and lost a certain second place against the Turn 2 wall at Texas Motor Speedway.

He had qualified only ninth but, taking full advantage of the superiority that Ganassi's brightest engineering minds had conferred on their cars for that night's race, he had moved purposefully through the field, dismissing Team Penske's three aces with relative ease. Then, during the penultimate stint, he started to really close on leader and team-mate Scott Dixon.

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