May 25, 2009

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

DriverAvg Finish20082007200620052004
Tony Kanaan2.6031144
Dario Franchitti2.75
2621
Sam Hornish Jr3.75
9213
Oriol Servia6.006



Justin Wilson7.007



Patrick Carpentier7.00


7
Bryan Herta7.33

769
Alex Barron7.50


87
Dan Wheldon7.60438518
E J Viso8.008



Adrian Fernandez8.00



8
Townsend Bell8.5011


6
Jeff Simmons9.50
109

Danica Patrick10.0098419
Scott Dixon10.2024101322
Scott Sharp 10.75
6121015
Tomas Scheckter 11.00
173321
Vitor Meira11.202251595
Buddy Rice11.60101811172
Hideki Mutoh12.0012



Kosuke Matsuura12.50
12171110
Helio Castroneves 12.60516141612
Felipe Giaffone 13.00



13
Jeff Bucknam13.00

13

Ed Carpenter13.20207161211
Ryan Briscoe13.671
1822
Marco Andretti13.6721155

Mark Taylor14.00



14
Jimmy Kite14.00


14
Will Power14.0014



Sarah Fisher14.00
14


Anthony Foyt IV16.751713
2116
Roger Yasukawa15.00


15
Ryan Hunter-Reay15.0015



Darren Manning15.751311
2019
Enrique Bernoldi16.0016



Jaques Lazier17.00



17
Bruno Junqueira18.0018



Buddy Lazier 18.00


18
A J Foyt IV16.751713
2116
John Andretti19.0019



Tora Takagi20.00



20
Mario Moraes23.0023



Jaime Camara24.0024



Graham Rahal25.0025



Mario Dominguez26.0026



Marty Roth27.0027



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