Target Ganassi's Scott Dixon won his third consecutive race of the season at the Texas Motorsports Speedway in what was is seventh podium finish in seven races. Dixon increases his lead over Helio Castroneves by 35 points. Following Dixon and Castroneves to the finish line was Ryan Briscoe, who lost a lap earlier in the race when he missed his pit box and was penalized, and Dixon's teammate, Dan Wheldon, who finished fourth despite an ankle injury to his right foot sustained Friday during practice.Tony Kanaan finished fifth, Hideki Mutoh was sixth, and Vitor Meira, who led a stint until he was forced to pit with 21 laps remaining, finished seventh. Buddy Rice, Ed Carpenter and Danica Patrick rounded out the top 10. The series takes a week off before resuming June 22 at Iowa Speedway, kicking off a stretch of six races over six consecutive weekends. Race results: Pos Driver Team Laps 1. Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi 228 laps 2. Helio Castroneves Penske 228 3. Ryan Briscoe Penske 228 4. Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi 228 5. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 228 6. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 228 7. Vitor Meira Panther 227 8. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 227 9. Ed Carpenter Vision 22710. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 22711. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 22712. AJ Foyt IV Vision 22613. Will Power KV 22614. EJ Viso HVM 22615. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 22616. John Andretti Roth 22617. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 22618. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 22319. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 22220. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 22221. Mario Dominguez PCM 22222. Marty Roth Roth 22123. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 21024. Jaime Camara Conquest 21025. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon 5626. Oriol Servia KV 4727. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan 3928. Darren Manning Foyt 19
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