Rahal to drive for father at Indy
Graham Rahal will contest the Indianapolis 500 with father Bobby Rahal's Rahal Letterman Racing team
The younger Rahal has been unable to find a full-time drive this year after losing his Newman/Haas/Lanigan seat during the winter due to a sponsorship shortfall.
He contested three early-season events with Sarah Fisher Racing, before a mooted return to Newman/Haas/Lanigan fell through, leaving him on the sidelines for last weekend's Kansas race.
But he has now completed a deal to drive the Rahal Letterman car at Indy later this month. Bobby Rahal's team, which runs the BMW works programme in the American Le Mans Series, has not raced full-time in the IndyCar Series since 2008 but fielded Oriol Servia in a one-off at Indy last year.
The Indy outing will mark the first time that Graham Rahal has driven for his father's team.
"I think he has proven he belongs and I'm thrilled to have him," Bobby Rahal told USA Today. "It's flattering when your child wants to do what you do, even better when he wants to do it for you."
Graham Rahal has crashed in both his Indianapolis 500 runs to date, but qualified fourth last year.
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