Castroneves closes IRL season with controversial win
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FORT WORTH (Texas): Helio Castroneves won Indy Racing Leagueâs season-ending Chevy 500 Sunday in a controversial finish ahead of fellow Brazilian Tony Kanaan, who was already assured of the drivers championship.
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The McLaren Formula One team has moved to quell claims of an internal feud following Lewis Hamilton&#39;s maiden championship victory at the Montreal Grand Prix last weekend.
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Sport: Motor racing: Off-track battles remain to be resolved long after final round in Brazil, says Alan Henry.
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He won the season-ending Champ-car Mexican Grand Prix, leading wire-to-wire to take his seventh victory of the 14-race season. Pole-sitter Bourdais began the race with a 22-point lead over front-row neighbour Bruno Junqueira.
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DAN WHELDON: Especially following last week, it was one of the most challenging races of the year. The flag was just changing completely the whole day.
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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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Gauloises Fortuna Yamahaâs Valentino Rossi ended the European tour of the MotoGP World Championship by strengthening his position atop the championship standings with a dominant win in the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril.
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Sebastien Bourdais did his best to inject drama into the final Champ Car race of the 2004 season, but to no avail. The Frenchman survived a mid-race spin of his own making and
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Tony Kanaan didn&#39;t apologize for winning the Indy Racing League&#39;s championship while losing Sunday&#39;s Toyota Indy 400 race at California Speedway.
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Rubens Barrichello&#39;s start-to-finish win - holding off the double challenge of young guns Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen - enthralled genuine sports fans and undoubtedly had the marketing men rubbing their hands as the sport sunk its claws into China&#39;s
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Tony Kanaan can clinch the IRL IndyCar championship this weekend with a fourth-place finish or better in the Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway.
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The head of McLaren said he wanted to accept the record $100 million fine and suspension from the team championships if it meant ending the Formula One spy scandal.âIf we can achieve closure, then at this moment in time that would be my recommendation,â the McLaren chief, Ron Dennis, said. F.I.A., the sportâs governing body, concluded that McLaren had probably gained an unfair advantage with data from its rival Ferrari.
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In the off season, it is for most F1 and racing fans, a long time with no racing action. The Race of Champions gives the fans a little breath.
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The Canadian finished eleventh in yesterdayâs Grand Prix. It may not seem a spectacular result, but in reality, he put in a strong performance on his return to F1.
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World champion Valentino Rossi ended his brilliant season in style with victory in the Spanish MotoGP. The Italian took his ninth win of the year after holding off a late charge from arch-rival Max Biaggi&#39;s Honda.
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In a fitting end to the PGA Tour season, U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen closed with a 6-under 64 to win the Tour Championship on Sunday by four shots and become only the third player to overtake Tiger Woods in the final round.
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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.