There will be no Son of ‘Stache this weekend, as Graham Rahal was been withdrawn from the Homestead opener.  The team will now focus on having the car ready for St. Pete’s.  From the N/H/L press release:

“It’s disappointing that we’re not going to be racing in the season-opener and I feel bad about it,” said Rahal, 19. “It will be tough not to be out there but at the same time we need to take it slowly and not rush putting the car back together. Eve if we had everything available, there aren’t enough hours before the first practice on Friday to get the car put back together.
The guys have worked awfully hard to be in the position to run here and it’s not the time to pull all-nighters. At this point we are going to focus on the St. Pete race. I’m just going experience this weekend from a different perspective and pay attention to what is going on with Justin. I’ll probably watch some of the race from the Spotters Stand to get another perspective. We’ll have to start all over for the race in Kansas which will now be my first oval race.”

This is a bummer, as Graham is a definite star of the future.  That said, the press release also goes on to mention that Nigel Mansell also missed his first oval start with the team.

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