Dario Franchitti (Ganassi Racing) earned his second victory of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season by defeating polesitter Will Power (Penske).
Power’s teammate Helio Castroneves finished in third while FAZZT Racing’s Alex Tagliani took a gamble by pitting early and obtained the team’s best finish ever with fourth.
The Australian stayed in front of the grid at the start while KV Racing Technologies’ Takuma Sato was able to briefly take second place over Dario Franchitti only to be re-passed a few laps later. Tagliani, who was starting from the 14th spot, decided to pit early and was lucky enough to have his stop followed almost immediately by a full course yellow caused by KV's EJ Viso and Dreyer & Reinbold's Justin Wilson colliding while fighting over ninth place. During the first stop, Franchitti managed to get out in front of Power closely followed by Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe. At that time, Tagliani, who was leading, found himself in the same pit strategy as the other leaders. But the Canadian did not manage to stay ahead through the final pit sequence, his slightly earlier stop seeing him fall behind Franchitti, Power and Castroneves, where he would remain. That left Franchitti to resist everything Power could throw at him over the final laps to secure the win by a slender 0.5234 seconds. Great performance by Simona deSilvestro (HVM) who managed to finish eight – a career-best while JR Hilderbrand (Dreyer & Reinbold) completed his first ever IndyCar race in 16th. IZOD IndyCar Series Mid-Ohio Results Pos Driver Team Time/Gap 1. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1h54m32.2568s 2. Will Power Penske + 0.5234s 3. Helio Castroneves Penske + 4.0883s 4. Alex Tagliani Fazzt + 5.6423s 5. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 5.9150s 6. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 6.5100s 7. Raphael Matos De Ferran Dragon + 6.7518s 8. Simona de Silvestro HVM + 10.1451s 9. Marco Andretti Andretti + 10.9555s 10. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 13.2344s 11. Bertrand Baguette Conquest + 14.8260s 12. Mario Moraes KV + 16.0461s 13. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne + 16.5570s 14. Dan Wheldon Panther + 19.3518s 15. Vitor Meira Foyt + 20.0782s 16. JR Hildebrand Dreyer & Reinbold + 20.2169s 17. Tony Kanaan Andretti + 25.4286s 18. Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas + 26.5918s 19. Adam Carroll Andretti + 27.3302s 20. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas + 27.6341s 21. Danica Patrick Andretti + 28.2099s 22. Francesco Dracone Conquest + 3 laps 23. Milka Duno Dale Coyne + 4 laps DNF: Jay Howard Sarah Fisher 38 laps Takuma Sato KV 28 laps EJ Viso KV 22 laps Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 22 laps
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