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PATIENCE AND THE ROOKIE; Graham Rahal is only 18 but shows maturity beyond his years.(Competitions of car racing)

AutoWeek,  July, 2007  by Smith, Steven Cole

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Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH For those who wonder why Champ Car rookie Graham Rahal hasn't won a race, his father, ex-champion Bobby Rahal, has one word: patience. That's also a word he uses a lot with Graham. "He wants to win now, and you want a driver to be that way,'' Bobby said. "It's easier to kind of detune a driver like that than it is to tune them up.

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He's got so little experience compared to most any one of these other guys.'' After all, Graham Rahal is barely out of high school. And while he did quite well last year in the Atlantic series, a Champ Car is a ...

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