By CLIFF BRUNTAP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS − American drivers have struggled in the Indianapolis 500 and the IndyCar Series in recent years, and things don't look like they're going to get better this season.
Only two U.S. drivers Buddy Rice in 2004 and Sam Hornish in 2006 have won the Indy 500 in the past decade. Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi won in 1989, and 13 of the 20 winners since have come from foreign soil.
Australia's Will Power leads the point standings. Ryan Hunter-Reay is the top American, in fourth place, and Marco Andretti (13th) and Danica Patrick (16th) are the only other Americans in the top 20.
Hunter-Reay won on April 18, but Patrick is the only other American since the start of the 2008 season to win an IndyCar event.
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