June 7, 2009

IRL: Texas Results

The off-season trouble is completely behind him. Helio Castroneves won for a third time at Texas Motor Speedway and his 16th overall. He led Ryan Briscoe to the line, but the race was won in the pits when he beat his teammate and rest of the field out on lap 175.

Last year's winner Scott Dixon finished third. In 2008, he started first before winning; this week, he started third, which means he is good at finishing what he starts.

Marco Andretti finished fourth, but was still not pleased. Late in the race, he became unhappy with teammate Danica Patrick for having the effrontery to race with him—guess he's forgotten what sport this is.

Pole sitter Dario Franchitti faded to fifth at the end.

Perhaps the hottest driver on the circuit, however, is Patrick. Her four-race top-five streak came to an end Saturday night, but not by much. She finished sixth, which was her third consecutive top-10 on this track.

Results, with average finish

FinishStartDriverLapsStatusAvg Fin
14Helio Castroneves228Running5.82
22Ryan Briscoe228Running5.67
33Scott Dixon228Running6.33
48Marco Andretti228Running14.00
51Dario Franchitti228Running7.83
65Danica Patrick228Running8.80
77Dan Wheldon228Running8.90
816Tony Kanaan228Running4.89
910Ed Carpenter228Running16.00
106Mario Moraes227Running14.00
119Robert Doornbos227Running11.00
1215Raphael Matos226Running12.00
1318Tomas Scheckter226Running15.10
1413Alex Tagliani225Running14.00
1517Justin Wilson225Running21.00
1623Ryan Hunter-Reay225Running18.00
1714Sarah Fisher222Running14.56
1824Jaques Lazier210Running15.00
1919Mike Conway185Running19.00
2022Anthony Foyt IV170Accident17.75
2111Hideki Mutoh153Mechanical13.50
2212Graham Rahal1Accident16.50
2320Milka Duno1Accident17.00
2421E J Viso1Accident19.00


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