Alex Barron became the fourth first-winner of this season of Indy Racing League, after to adjudge of extraordinary way the Firestone Indy 200, disputed in the Nashville Superspeedway.
Barron, native of San Diego, surpassed to Scott Sharp in return 190 of 200 and was able to hardly cross the line of goal by 0,423 by envelope to the present leader of the championship, the Brazilian Gil de Ferran.
Barron heroically supported the pressure of the Brazilian during the resumption of the race in turn 198 after a yellow flag.
For that then Barron he was persecuted by Sharp, nevertheless Of Ferran it surpassed to the North American of a spectacular way in the main straight line, and one went to the hunting of Barron. In spite of the effort of Gil de Ferran, the attempt did not reach to surpass it.
“I secured a good difference with respect to Sharp in the resumption”, said Barron. “The conditions of track were difficult. If one tried to go above by the part of the car it uncontrolled. Luckily I obtained a small difference and soon the car behaved wonderfully”, adding, “When Gil surpassed to Scott does not trouble too much to me. Wise I that I counted on a good car and were reasons no to be hopeless”, ended up saying the winner.
Barron reached an average of 127,997 mph adjudging to a prize $113.800 by his first victory in eleven startings of the Indy Racing League. We remember that Barron, pilot of the equipment Blair Racing, participated in series CART until the past season. For this year both decided to settle in the IRL.
With the put second obtained by Gil de Ferran, the ruling champion of CART, it promotes to the first position in the championship of pilots surpassing to his teammate Castroneves Helium, that concluded ninth.
“I did not count with time sufficient to be able to surpass to Barron, but I could at least do it with Sharp”, adding, “the fight with Sharp was really exciting”, said the Brazilian Gil de Ferran.
The ruling champion of IRL, Sam Hornish Jr, arrived quarter with his Dallara Chevrolet of the Panther Racing. Hornish could to win, nevertheless the novice George struck it to Mack slightly, although the sufficient thing like complicating the rate of the champion.
On the other hand Richie Hearn concluded quarter in great race with another Dallara Chevrolet, but of the Sam equipment Schmidt Motorsports. “It is a great result for me. The car was well and I have enjoyed enormously this competition. This circuit like much”, said I Hearn.
During all the Hornish competition it appeared like the pilot to beat. It even got to be distanced in almost 7,5 seconds by on Castroneves Helium. Nevertheless the champion had an incident as we commented with George Mack, and their possibilities fell.
This situation was taken advantage of by Alex Barron, among others pilots. Barron chose to remain in track instead of to pause. Perhaps if the competition had not been interrupted by the last yellow flags, Alex must have stopped again in pits.
Raul Boesel, Eddie Cheever Jr, Felipe Giaffone, Helium Castroneves and Tony Renna, that I supplant to the veteran To Unser Jr, completed the ten first classified of the race.
The next date of Indy Racing League will be within one week in the superoval of Michigan, to dispute Michigan Indy 400.

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