THE LINE
Monday, June 1, 2009 at 08:53AM June 3, 2009
Scott Dixon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing. Scott Dixon (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone) blew by Ryan Briscoe when the Penske driver got caught up in traffic and won the IRL's ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt 225 at The Milwaukee Mile last Sunday. Briscoe (No. 6 Team Penske D/H/F) finished second after leading 154 laps, and Dario Franchitti (No. 10 Ganassi Racing TOM TOM D/H/F) came home third. It was Dixon's 18th career IndyCar Series victory (2nd to Sam Hornish Jr.), and he now leads Briscoe by four points in the championship standings. "I was trying to get the flow of traffic the whole day," said Dixon, who won earlier this season on the 1.5-mile oval at Kansas Speedway. "I definitely think from the start our car was better. We could run quick times when we needed to, and we were good in traffic. We had many runs on Briscoe, and he kind of blocked a lot and that was kind of frustrating early on, but he definitely got caught up there with Scheckter trying to take him on the bottom, and I got a great run on the high side and it just lined up perfect." Next up for the 2009 IndyCar Series is the Bombardier Learjet 550k on June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway. The race will be telecast live in High Definition at 9 p.m. (EDT) by VERSUS.
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Scott Dixon reigned supreme at The Milwaukee Mile.
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Also on Sunday, Mario Romancini (No. 5 Revita/Win Brazil/Allied/RLR Andersen) earned his first career Firestone Indy Lights victory with a flag-to-flag win in the Husar's House of Fine Diamonds 100. Romancini beat series points leader J.R. Hildebrand (No. 26 ARPRO) to the checkered flag by 1.0907 seconds. Sebastian Saavedra (No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers, Inc.) was third. Next up on the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights schedule is the Iowa 100 on June 20 at Iowa Speedway. The race will be telecast at 4 p.m. on June 22 by VERSUS.
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