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06-28-2008, 11:30 PM
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Kanaan Conquers Richmond
Kanaan Conquers Richmond
Tony Kanaan wove through multiple caution periods to win for the first time this season, holding off Helio Castroneves by 4.8 seconds at Richmond International Raceway. Kanaan, starting from the pole, led 166 of the 300 laps to claim his 13th career victory and his first since Belle Isle in September 2007. "It was tough race at first but once we got going, I knew we could do it with the car," Kanaan said. "The problem was we had a lot of yellows and people making mistakes. Traffic was really good; everybody did a good job trying to keep away from the leaders. It was a great race apart from all of the yellows." Team Penske's Castroneves improved 16 positions to record his fourth second-place finish of the season. "We tried everything," Castroneves said. "Team Penske did a great job in our pit stops. I was driving my wheels off of it.. I was trying everything I could to make up spots. The only chance I got was mostly on restarts and the start of the race." Scott Dixon finished third and remains atop the IndyCar Series championship point standings, with a 43-point advantage over Castroneves. "Once again it was very tough to pass here," Dixon said. "Even when the tires got old, it was very hard to get close to people. If we were out front, I think we had a car to win. TK (Tony Kanaan) definitely looked pretty strong tonight, but I think the Target car still had a good run. I think I just messed up my first pit stop and maybe the left rear or one of the rear guys had trouble getting it back on. We dropped back to about eighth or ninth, so it was good to come away with third." Dixon's Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Dan Wheldon finished fourth, followed by KV Racing Technology's Oriol Servia in his first start at the .75-mile oval. Jaime Camara , who finished 14th, led his first laps in the IndyCar Series. They also were the first laps led for a Conquest Racing driver on an oval since Laurent Redon led 39 laps at Richmond in 2002. The race included nine cautions, with 102 laps run under yellow, the second-most in IndyCar Series history, however, the final 72 laps were run under green. The 2008 IndyCar Series season continues with the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen July 6 at Watkins Glen International. RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2008, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, Racing, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson
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06-29-2008, 03:15 PM
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Wreck filled race! I did manage to get a bunch of pictures for both USAC and IRL shows this weekend. Up on LuvRacin.com . Just click on Virginia, then on Racing Photos.
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06-29-2008, 06:48 PM
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Great pics as always VA...always enjoy it when a good photographer catches the action (and an occasional Hottie is always nice too
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