Auto Racing Roundup: Kanaan Avoids Late Trouble and Wins Shortened Race
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The driver won a shortened race in Detroit on Sunday, his series-best fifth victory this season and the 12th of his career.
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Michael Schumacher spun and Sauber looked strong this afternoon. Fernando and Jacques went sixth and thirteenth.
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Juan Pablo Montoya held off the charging Kimi Raikkonen to claim Sunday&#39;s Brazilian GP, his first win of the season. In wet-dry conditions the Williams driver put in a very impressive performance to win the
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Tony Kanaan swept to his first Indy Racing League championship yesterday. In doing so, he extended his series records for everything from consistency (14 straight top-five finishes
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Tony Stewart broke through for his first victory of the season, holding off Matt Kenseth on several late-race restarts Sunday to win the Nascar Nextel Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
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While his Brazilian buddy got to climb the fence after finally winning another race, Tony Kanaan completed a more impressive feat in his IndyCar Series championship season. Kanaan finished all 3,305 laps, the last 200 Sunday in the season-ending Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway where he was second behind Helio Castroneves.
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Adrian Fernandez won a two-lap sprint to the finish in Sunday&#39;s Toyota 400, nosing out Tony Kanaan, whose runner-up finish was good enough to clinch the Indy Racing League series point title.
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Helio Castroneves had a great restart with two laps to go after a lengthy caution and held off IndyCar Series champion Tony Kanaan to win the season finale Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
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The pressure on IRL IndyCar Series championship leaders Tony Kanaan and Buddy Rice is beginning to increase with the end of the 2004 season just eight weeks -- or five races -- away.
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With his brakes failing and Ryan Newman nipping at his bumper, points leader Jeff Gordon wins the rain-shortened race Sunday at Pocono Raceway in Pa.
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- While his Brazilian buddy got to climb the fence after finally winning another race, Tony Kanaan completed a more impressive feat in his IndyCar Series championship season.
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FORT WORTH, Texas Helio Castroneves had a great restart today with two laps to go after a lengthy caution. He held off IndyCar Series champion Tony Kanaan to win the season finale at Texas Motor Speedway.
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New track configuration, same old results for Jimmie Johnson. The defending series champion beat teammate Jeff Gordon on Sunday to win his third straight Nextel Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged from 11th place to a victory and the series points lead in the last five laps of Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. went from 11th on a restart on Lap 184 to first less than two laps later to win the EA Sports 500. He led nine times for 78 laps.
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Franck Montagny, R24-08, 119 laps, 526 km
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Tony Kanaan leads after 113 laps at the Indianapolis 500, the race is currently delayed by rain but officials hope to restart by 6:30 p.m.