IndyCar Series: Dragon Racing Rises After Signing Bourdais and Legge

The team was on its deathbed last year. Their doors appeared shut, one of the co-owners was gone and their elite-level driver was rideless. They were toast. Until Thursday, when multiple media outlets confirmed that Dragon Racing will be running Sebastien Bourdais and Katherine Legge for the full 2012 season. Dragon will also join Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Bryan Herta Autosports and HVM Racing in the Lotus stable, with more teams coming. What was once dying is now alive. If Jay Penske can keep his team intact over the next couple seasons, he will be the epitome of persistence. Early last year his team was gone, his financial backing from Hewlett-Packard was gone and all his key team pieces were gone as well.On a shoe-string budget, he t...

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