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Felipe Giaffone became the ninth winner different from last the nine dates of the exciting category Indy Racing League, after to contain the attacks of the champion Sam Hornish Jr, who only crossed the line of goal to 0.093c of the Brazilian.
Giaffone, that took the title of inexperienced pilot of the year of 2001, adjudged his first victory after 25 presentations in the category. Felipe demonstrated to great form the competition throughout leading nothing less than 124 of the 200 returns agreed to the Kentucky Speedway.
“The car was of wonders. We go by the next victory. The championship is for anyone”, said Giaffone. The best results of Giaffone had been a second place in Texas the past year and Nazareth, Pennsylvania, in last April.
The champion Sam Hornish Jr was itself relegated the third position while the race seemed to be reduced to a battle between Giaffone and Buddy Lazier, the twice winning one of the test.
But Hornish escaped to Lazier to occupy the second position when they were four returns, and when entering the last return it was placed to only 0.041c of second of Giaffone.
The Brazilian could escape to the traffic that advanced slower and defeated to Hornish crossing the goal 0.093c of second of advantage. Lazier was in third position, followed by Scott Sharp, Castroneves and To Unser Jr This last one did not participate in the two previous races because it was in treatment by abuse in the alcohol consumption. The news that left perplex all the community of IRL.
The Chilean Eliseo Salazar appeared 14º, whereas Gil de Ferran, leader of the match until before the test, was 21º to 28 returns after to touch itself with Richie Hearn in the beginning of the race. With regard to this last one, one recovers favorably after the accident. The doctors announced that he underwent a fracture in his right foot.
SARAH Fisher, the first woman in starting of a position of privilege in an important automobile race, stayed to the front during the first 26 returns and finished in eighth site after leading some returns. Lamentably on the end its machine lost rate and SARAH could not scratch a good position.
In the championship of pilots, Sam Hornish Jr ascends to first with 399 points, followed by Brazilian the Castroneves Helium with 395, Gil de Ferran with 386 and Felipe Giaffone with 382. A red match to the alive one that it promises an outcome to all orchestra for the IRL followers.
On the other hand the wonderful spectacle offered by the category today was darkened by the accident suffered by the actor/pilot Jason Priestley in the category IRL support, the Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series.
Priestley, that jumped to the fame by its paper of Brandon in the series “Beverly Hills, 90210”, was severely wounded in an accident happened during the test.
Priestley, of 32 years, was entered in center doctor Kentucky Chandler, in Lexington, shortly after which it happened the accident and its S-state considerably critical but stable.
The next date of the contest of Indy Racing League will be the 25 of August in Gateway.

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