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The British pilot of Andretti Green Racing, Gives Wheldon, prevailed with east authority Sunday in Indy 300 of Miami, first race of the year of the North American series IndyCar, in which the ruling champion and to coequiper of Wheldon, the Brazilian Tony Kanaan, was located third party.
Wheldon, on board its no. the 26 Kleins Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone, demonstrated to own a very quick car throughout all the race, that took from 11º classification place to it to the lot of end in as soon as a pair of competition turns.
Only the author of pole, South African the Scheckter Takings, could have put in hardships to Wheldon, but the son of the ex- champion of F1 finished outside competition after a multiple accident.
The first competition of the series IRL IndyCar Series offered a good spectacle with a good amount of ambles and fought fights it rolls to wheel. A total of 22 competitors appeared in the track of Homestead-Miami, among them the newcomer young person of 22 Danica years Patrick, with an Panoz-Honda of the Rahal equipment.
Turns on board their car give Wheldon celebrated their victory giving and received hugs of their equipment, but the Briton did not want to presume too much his triumph.
“He is as soon as a race of the championship, only a race”, indicated Wheldon, that dominated the race and was leader in 150 from the 200 returns to the track. “If thus he had to be, thus he was. I only enjoy to gain the races”, said Wheldon, that belongs to powerful escudería Andretti Green Racing Team.
Wheldon surpassed the American Sam Hornish Jr, whereas the also Brazilian Vitor Meira and Helio Castroneves entered respectively after their Kanaan compatriot, who started off in the exit in 14º put.
Hornish Jr, of the Penske equipment, had gained in three occasions the test of Miami, including the one of the 2004, and in the last return it carried out a vibrant duel rolls to wheel with the Kanaan champion. Finally Hornish Jr prevailed and it cleared of the hands 2º to him put the Brazilian.
“It has been an exciting end”, twice said the champion of the series. “The car was very fast but not sufficient it like beating to Wheldon, but this it is a great beginning for all the Penske equipment. The Toyota motor has responded very well”, ended up saying Hornish Jr.
In as much, South African the Takings Scheckter, author of pole with a speed of more than 215 miles per hour, left the race after crashing against the wall product of a grotesque error of the Japanese Kosuke Matsuura.
The impressive accident, the last one of seven yellow flags, occurred moments after a new starting when the Japanese, that tried to escape to the winner of the first position in the starting of the race, Scheckter Takings, by the outer part, lost the control of his Panoz-Honda, he crossed the track, and he brought about a true twisted iron chaos.
Before all the blows and accidents finished, also they were involved the cars of Scott Sharp, Bryan Herta, Scott Dixon, Roger Yasukawa, Ed Carpenter and of the Danica novice Patrick, who disputed his first race in the IRL.
Patrick, the unique woman in the race, had to be transferred to the center of taken care of of the track, but he was sent in ambulance to a near hospital to be observed after a commotion was diagnosed to him. Also Danica managed to descend by its own means of its vehicle.
“It is a true pain, because she today did a wonderful work in the track”, she said to the owner of his escudería, Bobby Rahal.
For east Scheckter accident has been a great deception, since it counted on a car able to win to the one of Give Wheldon. In addition Takings did not scrimp critics to their Matsuura colleague.
“I am tired of this class of idiots! Somebody must take measures or I will stop participating in the series”, said Scheckter.
And it is not for less, the error of Matsuura put in risk the life of many of his colleagues, although clearly it has been without intention.
The next competition of the IndyCar series will be the 19 of March in Phoenix, to celebrate the Phoenix Indy 200.

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