They give Wheldon can be felt sorry next to Vitor Meira. No longer there are doubts that Kansas Speedway is a track rompecorazones.
The last year, was Meira that lost the triumph with its teammate Buddy Rice, both of Rahal Letterman, by hardly the 0,0051 of second - second closed end more in the history of the IndyCar series. During this weekend of the Day of Independence, They give Wheldon crossed the goal to 0,0120 of second behind its teammate Tony Kanaan, in the line of impact.
“To lose by so little it is very very difficult to accept”, said Wheldon, that nevertheless it continues maintaining a considerable advantage on Kanaan (76 points) in the table of positions, after 8 of 17 events.
The definition of Kansas was the sixth closed end more in the 10 years of the series. The crowd was delirious with the fit ambles of the test, and it stayed still on during all the race in a hot and windy day in the city of Kansas.
Vitor Meira crossed the goal third party to 0,0242 of second of Kanaan. Dario Franchitti, that arrived second two weeks ago in Richmond, finished quarter after having delayed resupply in the last. Scheckter takings, that a good amount of returns led, obtained his third consecutive classification between best the five, than in addition it has been back including a victory in Texas for a month.
“There are lost the two last races (in Kansas) by little centimeters”, said Meira. “I would like to gain a race rather soon”, ended up saying the Brazilian conductor, who not yet has managed to win in the series.
Wheldon and Kanaan have been the great protagonists of the end. In a race that had 19 changes of leaders between six conductors, Wheldon acceded to the leadership after the last resupply under green flag. Kanaan reached to his coequiper, and during three returns they stayed battling side to side. Finally Meira added to the squad, trying a dangerous amble by the internal line just when the picture flag fell.
“It has been an exciting race and I feel very happy”, said Kanaan, that it hardly led 10 returns. “I am in favor happy of the equipment. Fodder that They give has extended its advantage and I am in a solid second place. We want to gain this championship again”, ended up saying champion 2004.
Wheldon, who led 111 returns, began 13º and without many expectations to gain the test.
“For to be sincere I fodder that Scheckter had a car faster than ours. The work of the mechanics has been decisive in the last shutdown. Definitively we must improve our performance in qualification in this type of tracks”, said the Wheldon Briton.
The novice of the series IndyCar Danica Patrick, who became the second woman in taking a race from pole, most of fought against the traffic the race, and recovered until finishing in the ninth place, just in front of his coequiper Buddy Rice.
“Fodder that our fifth march was not quite fast”, said Patrick. “I moved in means of the package and tried to remain with the leaders. Generally, we made the fastest car during the race. There were all classes of small things that prevented to us today. But we finished again and now I lead the contest of novices.”

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