Try finding a Danish driver in the annals of starters in the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. The irony is, it has taken 106 years of racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Denmark to have a driver in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” and next year there could be three. Rasmussen, 21, is one of Andretti Autosport’s Indy Lights drivers, and his resume is strong. Lundgaard and Rasmussen raced against each other in karts in their pre-teen years, but then they went their separate ways — until Lundgaard moved to Indianapolis’ Northside to join RLLR. “And now (we live) on the same floor in the same building,” Lundgaard said.

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