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Rising IndyCar star James Hinchcliffe smiles when he describes his 2014 season’s “terrible luck.” He’s steadfastly optimistic when he talks about crashing out of the Indianapolis 500 after claiming the second fastest qualifying time and leading 14 laps; or how two weeks earlier his race ended with a concussion from flying debris he doesn’t remember hitting. He doesn’t even seem the slightest upset that after winning three Indy races in 2013, he managed just a single podium visit (a third at Mid-Ohio) this year.

“It all makes you stronger,” Hinchcliffe says with a slight grin. “It makes you want to push harder.”

His season highlight was the double-header weekend in his hometown of Toronto where he finished eighth and then a disappointing 18th. The fact that he got to drive at a race he grew up loving in front of diehard fans, that made it a win of sorts… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT MEN’S JOURNAL