IndyCar racer Graham Rahal drives Buckeye helmet to victory lane

On numerous occasions in the past we’ve documented NASCAR’s connection to college football — especially when it comes to the Deep South and the SEC — but I don’t believe we’ve ever connected the open-wheel version of racing to it. Until now. Earlier this week, 26-year-old IndyCar Series driver — and Columbus, Ohio, native — Graham Rahal revealed that he would be wearing a rather slick Ohio State football-themed racing helmet for this Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, which is less than an hour drive from both Rahal’s hometown and the Buckeyes’ home turf. Perhaps borrowing a little of the magic elixir that OSU used in its run to the 2015 College Football Playoff, Rahal drove his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing machine — and his scarlet & gray helmet — to victory lane Sunday afternoon, picking up his second win of the season and the third of his career. And, on a completely and totally unrelated note, North Carolina-South Carolina will get after it in exactly 32 days to officially kick off the 2015 FBS season. Share this:

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