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Article: Learning Experience; The Infiniti Pro Series makes its debut.(Brief Article)
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- AutoWeek
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- July 15, 2002
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Arie Luyendyk looks at the Indy Racing League's new support division, the Infiniti Pro Series, from many angles: as a former Indy car driver, a car owner, a father, a sponsor seeker and a driving coach, just to name a few. And after the inaugural race Sunday at Kansas Speedway, the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner had nothing but praise for Tony George's latest project.
``The way I see it, now everyone out there can look at it and say, `Yeah, it's real,''' he said. ``And if you want to get to the IRL, it's a good way to do it.''
Any reasonable person would agree the Pro Series got off to a good start. The 12 cars that took the green flag for the 100-mile ...