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IPS - What's Gone Wrong?
The IPS was launched 2 years ago with the hope of smoothing out the transition for young drivers into the IRL. Its first two champions, AJ Foyt IV and Mark Taylor, both immediately earnt IRL drives, but both have proved not to be ready, with lots of crashes and a lack of pace (especially for AJ).
So what's causing the series to fail to produce good drivers? Is there something inherently wrong with the chassis and engine? Did the Jason Priestly and Matthew Halliday crashes put people off? Is it too expensive for what it offers?
Or are all the good potential oval drivers elsewhere - either on dirt tracks or in road racing junior championships?
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