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IndyCar: Early Silly Season Driver Lineup for 2018

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 28: Helio Castroneves of Brazil, driver of the #3 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet, leads a group of cars during the 101st Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 28, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 28: Helio Castroneves of Brazil, driver of the #3 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet, leads a group of cars during the 101st Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 28, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 09: Graham Rahal, driver of the #15 Mi-Jack / Bobby Rahal Automotive Honda, practices for the Verizon IndyCar Series Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 9, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 09: Graham Rahal, driver of the #15 Mi-Jack / Bobby Rahal Automotive Honda, practices for the Verizon IndyCar Series Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 9, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images) /

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Honda. GRAHAM RAHAL. #15. Graham Rahal is in the peak of his IndyCar career, and he is currently driving for his father’s team, so there is no reason to believe that he will end up anywhere but the seat of the #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda in the 2018 season. He has been the top finishing Honda driver in the championship standings in each of the past two seasons, and he is in the thick of the championship battle this season yet again as the only Honda driver with two victories, a total that is tied for the lead among all drivers.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Honda. TAKUMA SATO. #16. Takuma Sato drove for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing once upon a time back in the 2012 season, when he nearly won the Indianapolis 500. He brings with him Honda sponsorships that could convert his team into a full-time two-car operation. And he could certainly benefit the team’s primary driver, Graham Rahal, who won two of three races with a part-time teammate in Oriol Servia this season. Who won that other race? Sato did, and it happened to be the Indianapolis 500.