Stephen Cox blogs about what Luca Filippi means for open-wheel racing. Perhaps I'm the lone voice in the wilderness on this, but I was very impressed with Luca Filippi's IndyCar debut at Mid-Ohio last week. He was fantastic in qualifying. Had he not been penalized, Filippi could have had a starting spot in the first three rows; been a genuine threat on race day. He ran a conservative, nearly mistake-free race and moved from dead last to as high as 11th during the event. Nearly all of his p...