Kanaan wins at Richmond!

Tony Kanaan took the checkered flag at Richmond last night for his first win of the season. Finishing behind him were Team Penske driver Helio Castroneves and points leader, Scott Dixon.

It was a great show last night if you enjoy a good wreck! A solid outing by several rookies including Justin Wilson, Oriol Servia and EJ Viso. Finally, can some one explain to me why Townsend Bell doesn't have a full time ride? He's run extremely well in the races he's driven this year - unlike Milka who is consistently at the back of the pack, he's done very well. Click here to see how the rest of the field finished.

Dan Wheldon wins the Iowa Corn Indy 250

Congrats to Dan Wheldon and Team Target Chip Ganassi for the win at Iowa Speedway! This was a special win for the team and for Iowa flood victims. Both Ganassi drivers stated before the race they would give all race winnings to the Iowa Red Cross for flood relief.

“When you see the devastation there you can’t help but feel for all those victims,” said Wheldon. “We as athletes are lucky enough to be in a position to do things like this and I encourage others to do the same."

See how the rest of the field finished here.

Dixon & Castroneves on the front row

Scott Dixon will start alongside Helio Castroneves on the front row this afternoon for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer.

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Scott Dixon wins the Bombardier Learjet 550 at TMS

Congrats to Scott Dixon for his win at the Bombardier Learjet 550 at Texas Motor Speedway. Marco Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay probably had the fastest cars of the night but a late crash between those two drivers allowed Dixon to take his 3rd win of the year and stretched his point lead to 28 points.

You can see the rest of the field here.

Dixon gets the pole at Texas

Scott Dixon won the PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts at Texas Motor Speedway yesterday with a 214.878 mph average. This is Dixon's fourth pole of the year. He'll be joined on the first row by Helio Castroneves. You can see the entire starting grid here.

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Briscoe wins Milwaukee

Congrats to Ryan Briscoe and Team Penske for winning the ABC/AJ Foyt Milwaukee 225. The race ended on yellow with a late crash involving Marco Andretti, Ed Carpenter and Vitor Meira (what an amazing crash). It was an exciting race overall with lots of passing and action throughout the field. The transition drivers, many of whom had raced at Milwaukee previously, were impressive and hung in the entire race.

Briscoe really needed this win (heck, just a finish) with all of the rumors circulating about his future at Penske - good for him to get this win.

Here's how they finished...

1. Ryan Briscoe
2. Scott Dixon
3. Tony Kanaan
4. Dan Wheldon
5. Helio Castroneves
6. Oriol Servia
7. Justin Wilson
8. EJ Viso
9. Danica Patrick
10. Buddy Rice
11. Townsend Bell
12. Hideki Mutoh
13. Darren Manning
14. Will Power
15. Ryan Hunter-Reay
16. Enrique Bernoldi
17. AJ Foyt IV
18. Bruno Junqueira
19. John Andretti
20. Ed Carpenter
21. Marco Andretti
22. Vitor Meira
23. Mario Moraes
24. Jaime Camara
25. Graham Rahal
26. Mario Dominguez

2008 Indianapolis 500

Congrats to Scott Dixon on winning the 92nd Indianapolis 500!



What an exciting race. We had great seats for a lot of the action including a couple of the crashes coming out of turn four and during the last few laps when Vitor was chasing Dixon I don't think there was a better seat to watch them come out of turn three all through four and down the straight.

Tomas Scheckter ran a great race, he was FLYING throughout the race and unfortunately had to exit early. Someone please give him a full time ride, he is way too strong of a driver to just jump in a car once a year.

Here's how they finished:

1. Scott Dixon
2. Vitor Meira
3. Marco Andretti
4. Helio Castroneves
5. Ed Carpenter
6. Ryan Hunter-Reay
7. Hideki Mutoh
8. Buddy Rice
9. Darren Manning
10. Townsend Bell
11. Oriol Servia
12. Dan Wheldon
13. Will Power
14. Davey Hamilton
15. Enrique Bernoldi
16. John Andretti
17. Buddy Lazier
18. Mario Moraes
19. Milka Duno
20. Bruno Junquiera
21. AJ Foyt IV
22. Danica Patrick
23. Ryan Briscoe
24. Tomas Scheckter
26 Alex Lloyd
26. EJ Viso
27. Justin Wilson
28. Jeff Simmons
29. Tony Kanaan
30. Sarah Fisher
31. Jamie Camara
32. Marty Roth
33. Graham Rahal

Pole Day

Target Chip Ganassi Racing dominated Pole Day yesterday at IMS. For a short time, Ryan Briscoe had the provisional pole but soon thereafter Scott Dixon took it away. Dan Wheldon also had a strong run but came up just short at the end of the day to his teammate.

The crowd was great, the stands directly behind pit row were full and turn four also had a nice showing. Check out videos from the day!

The first eleven spots are as follows:

1. Scott Dixon
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Ryan Briscoe
4. Helio Castroneves
5. Danica Patrick
6. Tony Kanaan
7. Marco Andretti
8. Vitor Meira
9. Hideki Mutoh
10. Ed Carpenter
11. Tomas Scheckter

Opening Day at IMS

Check out the Video section on IndyCarGarage.com for nearly 30 videos from opening day!

Opening day was exciting as most of the rookies took the track to complete the rookie orientation. Mutoh and Alex Lloyd looked great. I was especially impressed with Lloyd. He will be a sleeper with a team that is a joint venture between Rahal Letterman and Ganassi. Arie Luyendyk provided some words of wisdom before Lloyd took the track. Watch for him to have a strong showing in the 500.