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Remembering the brilliance of Indy's apron

Above: Jim Clark and Don Branson battle down to the famous apron at IMS, 1965. 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the apron's removal. It only took a handful of laps in 1991 to confirm the brilliance of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's apron. The extra track width gave drivers more creative freedom to try different lines in and out of the corners, and with the epic battle for the win between Rick Mears and Michael Andretti in 1991 involving ample use of the apron, its ability to change outcomes – to turn victory into defeat, or vice versa – was made clear. One driver went high, the other went low, and like snakes slithering through Turn 1 at breakneck speeds, the lead changed hands in...
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