Auto Racing: Franchitti Edges Dixon for Title
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Dario Franchitti squeezed out a half-lap more than Scott Dixon on their final fuel load yesterday to win his first IndyCar Series title in what may be his farewell to open-wheel racing. Franchitti and Dixon came into the season finale at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., with Franchitti leading the standings by 3 points. Franchitti overtook Dixon on the final lap to win by 1.844 seconds. He won the title and the $1 million prize that goes with it by 13 points.
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A thrilling last-lap shootout between Honda-powered competitors Adrian Fernandez and Tony Kanaan was decided in favor of the former Sunday at California Speedway, as Fernandez edged his rival by just the length of a nosecone to win his third Indy Racing
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The battle for grid positions from the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis.
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Franck completed over 150 laps during tyre testing today, while Giancarlo suffered mechanical problems.
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Dixon finishes ninth overall in the championship with a second placing his best result of the season. He now takes a break, with a fair amount of testing lined up over our summer.
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Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen wins the Formula One championship as Lewis Hamilton can only finish seventh in a dramatic Brazilian GP.
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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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Sebastian Bourdais set a Mexican Grand Prix course record to win the pole position from teammate Bruno Junqueira on Saturday and edge closer to the Champ Car championship in the season finale.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The Nextel Cup championship, after 35 races, winds down to one, and the same man who will start on the pole in todayâs Ford 400 occupies a similarly lofty perch in the title race.
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Dario Franchitti, the Indianapolis 500 and newly crowned IndyCar Series champion, is expected to leave Andretti Green Racing for a ride with a Nascar team next season.
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FORT WORTH, Texas Helio Castroneves (kas-troh-NEH&#39;-ves) held off IndyCar Series champion Tony Kanaan (kuh-NAHN&#39;) over the final two laps after a restart to win the Chevy 500 in the IRL season finale.
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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.
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Monza, Italy (Sports Network) - Rubens Barrichello overcame an extra pit stop to score a victory in Sunday&#39;s Formula One Italian Grand Prix.
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Fernando Alonso, R25-02, 129 laps, 517km Giancarlo Fisichella, R25-03, 64 laps, 257km
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Names 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 Chevy 500 yesterday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. While Castroneves got to climb the fence to celebrate his first victory this year, Kanaan capped off a season in which ...
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Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen wins the Formula One championship as Lewis Hamilton can only finish seventh in a dramatic Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Junqueira won Sunday&#39;s Lexmark Indy 300, meaning Newman/Haas teammate Sebastien Bourdais will take a 22-point lead over Junqueira into the season-ending race Nov. 7 in Mexico City.