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Originally Posted by gert
Do you think an underfunded car that's way off the pace, with an inexperienced driver, and run by an inexperienced team and crew would be a better way to show the health of the series?
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If they are underfunded would they even make it to race day? As for an inexperienced driver and team, they have to start somewhere, take 1969. That was Penske's first ever 500, with Rookie driver Mark Donohue. They finished 7th and went on to win the 500 in '72.
In the April 13 The Racer Mailbag, Marshall Pruett recounts what it was like to be a crew member at his first Indy 500 in 1997, with a small team on a shoestring budget. So taking those two examples I would say yes.