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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indianapolis 500 victory dinner quickly became a tribute to Dario Franchitti's dominance.

Franchitti led 155 of the 200 laps in his Target Chip Ganassi Racing IndyCar racer. He passed previous winner Helio Castroneves early, then remained in control for much of Sunday's race.

"I think your push to pass button must have been stuck on," Will Power told the two-time winner.

Franchitti earned $2,752,055 for his win. (Typically, car owners such as Ganassi keep about half the purse winnings, but also pay the driver a hefty salary).

"That's a lot of money in any currency," the Scottish native said.

His earnings were part of an overall purse of $13,592,815. The paychecks were announced Monday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

 

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Dario Franchitti joined the elusive club of two-time Indy 500 champions on Sunday, winning a race he led for most of the way, including all but 12 of the first 146 laps.

It's been a spectacular run for Franchiti, who won last year's IndyCar series title and now is an Indy 500 winner again. After kissing the bricks one more time, Franchitti addressed the media.

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It was a day that included Dario Franchitti winning his second career Indy 500, Danica Patrick racing to another top ten finish and Tony Kanaan coming from the back of the pack to almost win the race. A great day of story lines and racing in Indianapolis as FanHouse TV's Holly Cain and Terence Moore discuss.

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With Dario Franchitti's victory on Sunday, Chip Ganassi became the first owner to win the Indy 500 and the Daytona 500 in the same year. Ganassi, on his way to Charlotte to participate in the Coca Cola 600, made a pit stop to discuss his historic day with FanHouse TV's Holly Cain.

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INDIANAPOLIS -- In the end, Dario didn't run out of gas, a bunch of his competitors nearly did, and Ashley couldn't stay in her shoes.

Everything else surrounding the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday prior to the final couple of laps was a blur -- sort of like Dario Franchitti's No. 10 car for most of the steamy afternoon.

This was fun. This also was scary.

With one lap remaining and his car threatening to gasp any moment courtesy of a sprinkling of gas left in his tank, Franchitti's likeness on the Borg-Warner Trophy was guaranteed for a second time in four Indy races after a crash in the north chute. It was a brutal one, but it wasn't fatal. It featured Mike Conway suffering just a leg injury despite his sparking, flipping and exploding ride flying high before slamming into the fence.

So this mostly was vintage Indy -- as in drama.

As in, it's about time.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- One lap to go, running on empty and a car bearing down on his tail.

After having the dominant car and the perfect game plan, Dario Franchitti still needed more Sunday -- one break to win his second Indianapolis 500.

He got it in the form of a spectacular, airborne crash that brought out a yellow flag and allowed him to cross the line with a scant 1.6 gallons of fuel left.

That 1.6 gallons left him holding a quart of milk, a winner at the Brickyard for the second time in four years.

"Still running," the winner told his crew over the radio as he crossed the finish line, while wreckers were moving out to scoop up debris from an accident that sent Mike Conway into the wall and to the hospital with a broken left leg.

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by FanHouse NewswireKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Waiting for the final green flag after a caution a few laps from the finish, Scott Dixon jokingly asked his crew if he could save some horsepower boosts for the Indianapolis 500 later this month.

Obviously, the answer was no.

The way Dixon kicked off IndyCar's oval season, he might not need them anyway.

Making few changes to a fast-off-the-truck car, Dixon cruised to his second straight IndyCar Series victory at Kansas Speedway on Saturday, firmly placing himself atop the list of favorites for the big race on the bricks.

Scott Dixon Back on Top as IndyCar Moves to Ovals originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Sat, 01 May 2010 15:51:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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Scott Dixon ran away with the IndyCar series race at Kansas Speedway Saturday, leading more than three-fourths of the race on his way to an easy 30-car length victory over his teammate, Dario Franchitti.

On the clock, Dixon's margin of victory was a comfy 3.05 seconds, and he jumped ahead to that lead even after a restart with less than 10 laps to go.

Dixon led 167 laps, including the final 150 circuits, and easily survived a couple of late-race restarts to win his first race of 2010 and his second straight at Kansas.

Series defending champion Dario Franchitti was second after holding off a late charge from Tony Kanaan. Helio Castroneves was fourth, followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay.

Pole winner Ryan Briscoe, who led 31 early laps, was sixth, the final driver on the lead lap. Franchitti was the only other driver to lead any laps; he was in front for two circuits.

 

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The IZOD IndyCar Series is making its stateside season debut this weekend in the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, where there's been nearly as much news made off the track as on it.

As for the racing, Australian Will Power picked up where he left off two weeks ago -- P1 (Position One) -- leading the first day of practice on the 1.8-mile street circuit along the downtown St. Pete waterfront.

Power, who is driving a third car for Team Penske, won the season's first race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, two weeks ago and his No. 12 Verizon-sponsored Honda Dallara topped the speed chart in both practices Friday.

"It's the first time I've felt I had the car exactly how I like it (here),'' said Power, acknowledging, "It's certainly been a very good start to the season, but I realize it's only a very small percentage of what lies ahead.''

 

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