Andretti Green Racing's Danica Patrick took her first ever win today at the Twin Ring Motegi in the delayed third round of the IRL IndyCar Series.Patrick took the lead with just two laps to go as the rest of the front-runners had to pit for fuel, and became the first woman to win a major American open-wheel race.
Ganassi's Scott Dixon and Penske's Helio Castroneves dominated the event.Marco Andretti spun into the wall at the first corner of the race, while local favourite Hideki Mutoh could only finish 11th after spinning in the pit exit and almost crashing into the Pace Car.
Provisional results: Pos Driver Team Laps1. Danica Patrick Andretti-Green 2002. Helio Castroneves Penske 2003. Scott Dixon Ganassi 2004. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 2005. Tony Kanaan Andretti-Green 2006. Ed Carpenter Vision 2007. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal-Letterman 2008. Darren Manning Foyt 1999. Ryan Briscoe Penske 19910. Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold 19911. Hideki Mutoh Andretti-Green 19912. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 19813. Jay Howard Roth 19214. Roger Yasukawa Beck 13415. AJ Foyt IV Vision 10316. Vitor Meira Panther 9217. Marty Roth Roth 4418. Marco Andretti Andretti-Green 0