Sunday

INDYCAR IN ILLINOIS

Dan Weldon, 2nd-PowerHawk-Dario Franchitti, 1st-Marco Andretti, 3rd

IndyCar is back to the ovals. I am not wild about ovals, but they sure keep people on their feet. Nose to nose, wheel to wheel at 230 miles per hour....lots of action. On the ovals the finish is always close and in this case the difference between 1st and 2nd was only 0.0423 seconds. The top 10 were separated by 0.9841 of a second. Amazing!

Dario Franchitti came in first and Dan Weldon was second. Bringing home third was Marco Andretti, grandson of Mario. The Andretti team, which fielded 4 cars, came in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 14th. Will Power who looked like a winner had to pit towards the end for lack of fuel.

There were 5 women in this race. Danika Patrick (14), Sarah Fisher (15), Milka Duno (19), Simona De Silvestro (23) and Ana Beatriz (24).



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