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IndyCar drivers relishing Indy 500 challenge from Alonso

Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso is confident that in short time he can get up to speed for the Indianapolis 500, even though he has never before raced in IndyCar or on a superspeedway. So are the IndyCar drivers Alonso will be competing against the last Sunday in May after his surprising announcement that he's skipping the Monaco Grand Prix to instead race at the Brickyard that day. 'The experience that he has in motorsport, I don't think it'll be any problem for him,' three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves said. 'I think he absolutely does,' Scott Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 winner, said when asked if Alonso has a chance to win. 'Obviously all of us want to win at...
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