While the misfortune struck to many of its rivals, Tony Kanaan returned to the dispute of the east championship Sunday, after conquering the Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix, disputed in the Infineon Raceway, being this the first race in a permanent circuit disputed by the IRL IndyCar Series.Kanaan took the advantage when their teammate Gives Wheldon remained ahead without fuel with 28 returns, becoming unattainable thence for the rest of the participants.This was the second victory of Kanaan of the season and sixth of its race in IRL. “This victory is a concerted effort of equipment”, said Kanaan after the competition. “We had a great car. We hope to that the others commit errors, while we dedicated ourselves to save fuel.”The victory of Kanaan became second of the day for Andretti Green Racing, since Frame Andretti, the son of the equipment co-owner Michael Andretti, gained his in the evening third race of the Menards Infiniti Pro Series.The difficult one drawing up of 2,26 miles, caused some incidents that left to several candidates to the triumph the side of the way.The novice Ryan Briscoe, who released from pole and dominated the first 16 returns, was delayed with the shutdowns of pits and in its eagerness to recover positions, a stupid maneuver tried that left outside race to Danica Patrick and to the Brazilian Castroneves Helium. A pair of curves later Briscoe also deserted by the damages caused in the incident. The balance was of three eliminated cars of the test.Without doubts it was not the day for the equipment Marlboro Penske. Before the problems of Castroneves, Sam Hornish underwent a disadvantage in the gear box made that it remain by many turns in pits. In the end 17º to 24 turns of Kanaan finished.Great performance him quota to the North American Buddy Rice, of little experience in this type of tracks, that nevertheless fixed them to culminate secondly to 1.182 seconds of the defending champion Kanaan. “It is a surprising result, it did not hope to be so fast here”, thought Curls. “The track is sensational, we walked fast much more than it was expected, and he is interesting to run here since it breaks the monotony just a little bit. It is different from everything.”Inexperienced the Enge Takings dominated to the central part of the event, leading 13 returns before their shutdown of pits, and continued until finishing in a solid fifth position.Whereas the pilots of Red Bull Cheever Racing played an excellent role with Alex Barron finishing third and Patrick Carpentier fourth.After an intense fight to deal with to supplant to Kosuke Matsuura of the sixth position, the impatience removed race to Bryan Herta, that struck to Kosuke several times until breaking its front wing. Three returns later, Giorgio Marsh, in its debut with escudería of Ganassi, was struck by Vitor Meira leaving to the Italian twilled braid to the mountain.Finally Matsuura used one's wits them to conserve the sixth position, followed of Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Vitor Meira and the substitute of A.J. Foyt, Jeff Bucknum.Kanaan had an average of speed of 146.51 kilometers per hour in the track of Infineon.Now Wheldon surpasses Kanaan by 79 points, a considerable difference although the Briton did not add points, but that not yet champion consecrates. Wheldon will have to go away of Chicago, the next date of the series, with 76 points to be able to become champion with two dates of advance. Something probable, but still nothing surely.
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Tony persecuted by Curls
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Wheldon did not add points
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Tony was unattainable
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Good work of Matsuura
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