Target Chip Ganassi Racing owns Kansas Speedway.
Scott Dixon won the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 for the second consecutive year, giving Team Target its fourth victory in a row on the 1.5-mile oval (Dan Wheldon won in 2007 and ‘08).
Dixon held off teammate Dario Franchitti over the final six laps after a restart in the first oval race of the season. Andretti Autosport’s Tony Kanaan improved 11 positions to finish third and Helio Castroneves was fourth.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, driving the No. 37 IZOD car for Andretti Autosport, moved up 17 spots from his starting position to finish fifth. Pole sitter Ryan Briscoe in the No. 6 Team Penske car finished sixth and Alex Tagliani was seventh in the No. 77 FAZZT Race Team entry.
SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing, winner Road Runner Turbo Indy 300): “It’s was huge. Winning at Kansas going into the month of May is a big deal. Team Target has had a slow start to the season, but this is what we need and jump back into points table. It’s certainly good to get that momentum going to Indy.”
Results Saturday of the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.52-mile Kansas Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (2) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
2. (3) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
3. (15) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
4. (8) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
5. (22) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
6. (1) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running
7. (12) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running
8. (5) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running
9. (17) John Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running
10. (6) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running
11. (9) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running
12. (7) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running
13. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running
14. (10) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running
15. (25) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running
16. (13) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running
17. (14) Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running
18. (20) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running
19. (23) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running
20. (19) Bertrand Baguette, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running
21. (18) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running
22. (27) Mario Romancini, Dallara-Honda, 196, Running
23. (4) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 186, Contact
24. (11) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 186, Contact
25. (21) Jay Howard, Dallara-Honda, 172, Contact
26. (24) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 84, Contact
27. (16) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 71, Contact
Race Statistics
Time of Race: 1:50:43.1410
Winner’s average speed: 164.741
Margin of victory: 3.0528 seconds
Cautions: 4 for 33 laps
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Lap Leaders: Briscoe 1-31, Dixon 32-48, Franchitti 49-50, Dixon 51-200
Point Standings: Power 190, Dixon 164, Castroneves 162, Hunter-Reay 159, Franchitti 152, Wilson 137, Briscoe 132, Kanaan 129, Meira 101, Matos 98.
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