IRL: Milwaukee, Last five races

Tony Kanaan had another terrible Indy 500 when he crashed before the halfway mark and finished 27th in a 33-car field. If the past is any indication though, he should rebound nicely this week. The Indy Racing League has been going to the Milwaukee Mile for five years and Kanaan has never finished outside the top-five there. In fact, he took top honors in back-to-back season in 2006 and 2007, which makes him one of the favorites to win again this week.

Nearly as stout, Dario Franchitti is back from his NASCAR sojourn and he's never finished worse than sixth in four starts on this track. He won the inaugural race in 2004 and then posted runner-up results in 2005 and 2007. Last week, he was in contention for the 500 victory until trouble in the pits relegated him to seventh, so he will be looking for redemption.

Dan Wheldon does not have the overall numbers of Kanaan and Franchitti, but he's certainly come on strong lately. He struggled to an 18th-place finish in 2004 and was a modest eighth in 2006, but every other result has been a top-five—and that is enough to recommend him for this week's Milwaukee race.

Results, Last five years

Driver	Avg Finish	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Tony Kanaan	2.60	3	1	1	4	4
Dario Franchitti	2.75		2	6	2	1
Sam Hornish Jr	3.75		9	2	1	3
Oriol Servia	6.00	6
Justin Wilson	7.00	7
Patrick Carpentier	7.00				7
Bryan Herta	7.33			7	6	9
Alex Barron	7.50				8	7
Dan Wheldon	7.60	4	3	8	5	18
E J Viso	8.00	8
Adrian Fernandez	8.00					8
Townsend Bell	8.50	11				6
Jeff Simmons	9.50		10	9
Danica Patrick	10.00	9	8	4	19
Scott Dixon	10.20	2	4	10	13	22
Scott Sharp	10.75		6	12	10	15
Tomas Scheckter	11.00		17	3	3	21
Vitor Meira	11.20	22	5	15	9	5
Buddy Rice	11.60	10	18	11	17	2
Hideki Mutoh	12.00	12
Kosuke Matsuura	12.50		12	17	11	10
Helio Castroneves	12.60	5	16	14	16	12
Felipe Giaffone	13.00					13
Jeff Bucknam	13.00			13
Ed Carpenter	13.20	20	7	16	12	11
Ryan Briscoe	13.67	1		18	22
Marco Andretti	13.67	21	15	5
Mark Taylor	14.00					14
Jimmy Kite	14.00				14
Will Power	14.00	14
Sarah Fisher	14.00		14
Anthony Foyt IV	16.75	17	13		21	16
Roger Yasukawa	15.00				15
Ryan Hunter-Reay	15.00	15
Darren Manning	15.75	13	11		20	19
Enrique Bernoldi	16.00	16
Jaques Lazier	17.00					17
Bruno Junqueira	18.00	18
Buddy Lazier	18.00				18
A J Foyt IV	16.75	17	13		21	16
John Andretti	19.00	19
Tora Takagi	20.00					20
Mario Moraes	23.00	23
Jaime Camara	24.00	24
Graham Rahal	25.00	25
Mario Dominguez	26.00	26
Marty Roth	27.00	27