Ryan Briscoe was denied of firing the six-shooters in Victory Circle at Texas Motor Speedway the past two years. Finally, the Team Penske driver got to have some fun.
Briscoe, who started from the pole, held off Danica Patrick to win the Firestone 550K. Marco Andretti finished third for the second consecutive race and Scott Dixon, the 2008 race winner, finished fourth.
Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Dario Franchitti was fifth, ending the two-year streak of the Indianapolis 500 winner repeating at Texas the same year.
Helio Castroneves, who started fifth in the No. 3 Team Penske car and was the 2009 winner at Texas, exited on Lap 129 when he attempted to overtake the No. 32 KV Racing Technology car driven by Mario Moraes on the frontstretch.
Wheels touched and the cars spun, with Bertrand Baguette in the No. 36 Conquest Racing RACB car having nowhere to go but between the spinning cars. He didn’t fare so well. Castroneves was without radio communication with his spotter and the pit stand.
Simona De Silvestro suffered a minor burn on her right hand when the No. 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM Racing car made contact with the wall on the backstretch.
Results Saturday of the Firestone 550K IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.455-mile Texas Motor Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (1) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
2. (8) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
3. (10) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
4. (4) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
5. (2) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
6. (13) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
7. (24) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
8. (6) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
9. (15) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
10. (19) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
11. (14) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
12. (7) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running
13. (18) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 227, Running
14. (3) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 227, Running
15. (16) Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda, 227, Running
16. (23) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 226, Running
17. (25) Mario Romancini, Dallara-Honda, 226, Running
18. (20) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 225, Running
19. (12) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 225, Running
20. (5) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 129, Contact
21. (9) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 129, Contact
22. (22) Bertrand Baguette, Dallara-Honda, 129, Contact
23. (17) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 116, Mechanical
24. (26) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 97, Contact
25. (11) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 56, Contact
26. (21) Jay Howard, Dallara-Honda, 37, Mechanical
Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 159.508
Time of Race: 2:04:47.1555
Margin of victory: 1.4629 seconds
Cautions: 4 for 36 laps
Lead changes: 10 among 7 drivers
Lap Leaders: Briscoe 1-7, Franchitti 8, Briscoe 9-47, Franchitti 48-132, Tagliani 133-165, Power 166-169, Briscoe 170-189, Wheldon 190, Mutoh 191, Patrick 192, Briscoe 193-228.
Point Standings: Franchitti 246, Power 243, Dixon 235, Castroneves 211, Briscoe 208, HUnter-Reay 201, Wilson 179, Kanaan, 179, Andretti 169, Wheldon 164.
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