American driver Ryan Hunter-Reay was the race leader of the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 on the New Hampshire Motor Speedway when a light drizzle caused the event to be stopped with just 19 laps to go.
About 20 minutes later, the officials called the race. The finish order was set based on the lap 215 running order under caution after a lap 217 restart went awry because the slick racing surface.
Several cars, including those of Will Power, Danica Patrick and Takuma Sato, were damaged in the restart chaos. IndyCar president of competition and racing operations Brian Barnhart, the Race Director for the IZOD IndyCar Series, said it ultimately was a "mistake on Race Control's part" to call for the restart.
Hunter-Reay started the race fifth in the No. 28 Andretti Autosport car and inherited the lead on lap 190 when Takuma Sato pitted for fuel.
Newman-Haas Racing's Oriol Servia finished a season-high second in the No. 2 car and Scott Dixon earned his second consecutive podium finish in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car.
Canadian rookie James Hinchcliffe tied his season high in fourth place in the No. 06 Sprott Newman/Haas Racing car.
Will Power, who started 13th in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, finished fifth and Danica Patrick was sixth in the No. 7 Team GoDaddy car.
Power's result sliced 15 points from Dario Franchitti's series championship lead, which is 47 heading to Infineon Raceway for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma on Aug. 27.
Dario Franchitti was running with the leaders until he was involved in a tire-to-tire collision with Sato's car.
Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti and Tomas Scheckter also collided. Kanaan wound up on his head when the No. 82 GEICO KV Racing Technology-Lotus car hit the interior tire barrier. Kanaan was luckily not injured.
Former F1 driver Sato finished seventh and Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe was eighth.
About 20 minutes later, the officials called the race. The finish order was set based on the lap 215 running order under caution after a lap 217 restart went awry because the slick racing surface.
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| Tony Kanaan's accident. (Photo: LAT/IndyCar) |
Several cars, including those of Will Power, Danica Patrick and Takuma Sato, were damaged in the restart chaos. IndyCar president of competition and racing operations Brian Barnhart, the Race Director for the IZOD IndyCar Series, said it ultimately was a "mistake on Race Control's part" to call for the restart.
Hunter-Reay started the race fifth in the No. 28 Andretti Autosport car and inherited the lead on lap 190 when Takuma Sato pitted for fuel.
Newman-Haas Racing's Oriol Servia finished a season-high second in the No. 2 car and Scott Dixon earned his second consecutive podium finish in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car.
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| Mike Conway (27) and Graham Rahal got together. (Photo: LAT/IndyCar) |
Canadian rookie James Hinchcliffe tied his season high in fourth place in the No. 06 Sprott Newman/Haas Racing car.
Will Power, who started 13th in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, finished fifth and Danica Patrick was sixth in the No. 7 Team GoDaddy car.
Power's result sliced 15 points from Dario Franchitti's series championship lead, which is 47 heading to Infineon Raceway for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma on Aug. 27.
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| Danica Patrick prior to the start of the race. (Photo: Rene Fagnan/Auto123.com) |
Dario Franchitti was running with the leaders until he was involved in a tire-to-tire collision with Sato's car.
Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti and Tomas Scheckter also collided. Kanaan wound up on his head when the No. 82 GEICO KV Racing Technology-Lotus car hit the interior tire barrier. Kanaan was luckily not injured.
Former F1 driver Sato finished seventh and Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe was eighth.
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| The slippery surface caused several spins and accidents... (Photo: LAT/IndyCar) |