Dario Franchitti held off Ryan Briscoe to claim his third win of the season at the Honda Indy Toronto on the street of Exhibition Place.
Franchitti beat Briscoe to the checkered flag by 1.6745 seconds. Will Power, making his first start since the Indianapolis 500 in May, finished third. Franchitti’s teammate, Scott Dixon, was fourth followed by Watkins Glen race winner Justin Wilson.
In an 85-lap race that included something for everyone - passing, crashing, cheers and jeers - favorite son Paul Tracy was in contention early but retired after colliding with the No. 3 Team Penske car driven by Helio Castroneves with 18 laps left; Quebec native Alex Tagliani led laps for the first time in the IndyCar Series; Tomas Scheckter threw his gloves at Tagliani’s car following a Lap 75 incident that knocked him out; and Danica Patrick advanced 12 positions to finish sixth.
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Franchitti, who gained three bonus points for winning the PEAK Performance Pole Award and leading the most laps, regained the championship points lead by two over Dixon through 10 of 17 events. Franchitti passed Castroneves for the lead in Turn 2 of Lap 65 and held off multiple challenges and two restarts.
Results Sunday of the Honda Indy Toronto IndyCar Series event July 12 at the 1.755-mile Streets of Toronto, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (1) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
2. (11) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
3. (2) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
4. (8) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
5. (4) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
6. (18) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
7. (12) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
8. (17) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
9. (5) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
10. (9) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
11. (13) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running
12. (22) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 84, Running
13. (16) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 84, Running
14. (21) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 84, Running
15. (19) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
16. (14) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 74, Contact
17. (20) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 70, Contact
18. (10) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 65, Contact
19. (15) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 65, Contact
20. (3) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 57, Contact
21. (23) Richard Antinucci, Dallara-Honda, 41, Mechanical
22. (6) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 32, Contact
23. (7) Robert Doornbos, Dallara-Honda, 26, Mechanical
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