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McLaren and Alonso revive triumphant #66 for Indy

Fernando Alonso's McLaren Racing entry for this year's Indy 500 will revive the #66 that emblazoned the manufacturer's winning car at the Brickyard in 1972. The number has a historic relevance as it brought Penske, Mark Donohue and McLaren their first win at Indianapolis. McLaren to rely on technical alliance with Carlin for Indy Donohue used #66 in all five of his Indy 500 starts, but only won once, collecting his '72 win after a three-hour race of attrition. After his impressive debut at Indy in 2017, when he held his own among the front-runners before his Honda engine failed, Alonso returns to the blue-ribbon event in an attempt to put the third and final notch in his coveted 'Triple...
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