Will Power won the rain-delayed Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg today, his second IndyCar victory in as many races this season.
Power and Justin Wilson ran away from the field late, but Wilson could never make a great run at the lead in the final laps. Power prevailed by nearly a full second, with Ryan Briscoe third and Helio Castroneves one spot behind him — that duo giving Penske Racing three of the top four spots. Tampa Tribune
Danica Patrick scored her best road/street course finish of seventh since Long Beach (fourth) in ’09. Raphael Matos, the third-place finisher in Brazil on March 14, checked in at eighth and Graham Rahal advanced from the 16th starting spot to ninth in the No. 67 Dollar General car for Sarah Fisher Racing. AutoRacingDaily
Results Monday of the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.8-mile Strets of St. Petersburg Circuit, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (1) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
2. (4) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
3. (19) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
4. (5) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
5. (13) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
6. (8) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
7. (21) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
8. (23) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
9. (16) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
10. (2) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
11. (7) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
12. (6) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
13. (18) Mario Romancini, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
14. (12) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
15. (17) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running
16. (14) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 99, Running
17. (9) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 97, Running
18. (3) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 73, Contact
19. (10) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 64, Contact
20. (15) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 46, Contact
21. (20) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 45, Contact
22. (11) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 24, Contact
23. (22) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 14, Contact
24. (24) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 7, Handling
Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 84.975
Time of Race: 2:07:05.7968
Margin of victory: .8244 of a second
Cautions: 5 Cautions for 23 laps
Lead changes: 10 between 8 drivers
Lap Leaders: Power 1-4, Andretti 5, Dixon 6-26, Meira 27-33, Matos 34-36, Franchitti 37-39, Briscoe 40-48, Power 49-66, Meira 67-71, Viso 72, Power 73-100.
Point standings: Power 103, Wilson 59, Hunter-Reay 59, Franchitti 59, Matos 56, Castroneves 54, Briscoe 51, Meira 50, Wheldon 42, Patrick 41.
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