In the closest ever finish in the IndyCar history, Penske's
Helio Castroneves won the Peak Indy 300 today at Chicagoland, narrowly beating Scott Dixon by a mere 0.0010 seconds.
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| Photo of the closest finish in IRL history! |
Scott Dixon, who only had to finish eight or better takes his second IRL championship of his career.Ryan Briscoe, who had started from pole completed the podium in a very close third in front of Tony Kanaan for Andretti Green and KV Racing's Will Power, who completed the Top 5.Castroneves established a new record by starting on the 28th position he earned after he was penalized after the qualifying session for having driven below the white line, and winning the event.By winning the title, Dixon received a purse of more than 1 million$, which is the highest prize money after the Indy 500.
Race Results: Pos Driver Team Time1. Helio Castroneves Penske 200 laps2. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 0.00103. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 0.07884. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green + 0.60955. Will Power KV + 1.35806. Dan Wheldon Ganassi + 1.87297. Darren Manning Foyt + 2.32248. Marco Andretti Andretti Green + 2.46279. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman + 2.799310. Danica Patrick Andretti Green + 2.927611. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan + 3.021812. Alex Tagliani Conquest + 4.207213. AJ Foyt IV Vision + 1 lap14. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold + 1 lap15. Franck Perera Foyt + 2 laps16. Marty Roth Roth + 3 laps17. Oriol Servia KV + 4 laps18. Jaime Camara Conquest + 13 laps19. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan + 14 laps20. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne + 16 laps21. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne + 19 laps22. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green + 23 laps23. EJ Viso HVM + 64 laps24. Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher + 84 laps25. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold + 90 laps26. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon +113 laps27. Vitor Meira Panther +126 laps28. Ed Carpenter Vision +164 laps