Notes from Friday's IndyCar activities at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. JR Hildebrand clearly enjoys being the one long-haired hippie within the all-business Ed Carpenter Racing team. Compared to his team owner, whose hair is always short and meticulously coiffed, Hildebrand has chosen to embrace his inner rebel and let his locks grow and grow. He's the easiest driver for fans to spot among the 22 Verizon IndyCar Series pilots in the field at his home state race, and he plans to keep it that way to for his No. 1 supporter. "Obviously I'm from California, and I sort of don't care," the 29-year-old told RACER. "My wife's been digging on it, so who's more important than...
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