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Standings
After Mid-Ohio
Pos. Driver Points
1 Scott Dixon 455
2 Helio Castroneves 397
3 Tony Kanaan 365
4 Dan Wheldon 364
5 Ryan Briscoe 296
6 Danica Patrick 284
7 Hideki Mutoh 276
8 Marco Andretti 263
9 Ryan Hunter-Reay 252
10 Oriol Servia 250
11 Will Power 245
12 Ed Carpenter 237
13 Darren Manning 235
14 Vitor Meira 231
15 Buddy Rice 226
16 Graham Rahal 215
17 E.J. Viso 202
18 Justin Wilson 202
19 A.J. Foyt IV 201
20 Enrique Bernoldi 182
21 Bruno Junqueira 173
22 Mario Moraes 172
23 Jaime Camara 114
24 Marty Roth 113
25 Milka Duno 100
26 Townsend Bell 95
27 Mario Dominguez 86
28 Jay Howard 72
29 John Andretti 71
30 Franck Perera 56
31 Tomas Scheckter 34
32 Roger Yasukawa 16
33 Davey Hamilton 16
34 Buddy Lazier 13
35 Alex Lloyd 10
36 Jeff Simmons 10
37 Sarah Fisher 10

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Scenes from Mid-Ohio - Sunday
  by Mark Scheuern

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Mid-Ohio: Ryan Briscoe leads Penske 1-2
  by Mark J. Cipolloni
On Saturday Helio Castroneves nipped his Penske teammate Ryan Briscoe by the slimmest of margins to win the pole position.  On Sunday Ryan Briscoe turned the tables and won the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a comfortable 7-second win over Castroneves.  Points leader Scott Dixon finished third right behind Castroneves.
Scenes from Mid-Ohio - Saturday
  by Mark Scheuern

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Castroneves nips Briscoe for M-O IndyCar pole
  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Helio Castroneves will start from the pole position in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by Westfield Insurance after just beating his Penske teammate Ryan Briscoe by 0.017sec.  Castroneves, driving the No. 3 Team Penske car, topped the Firestone Fast Six session with a lap of 1 minute, 07.2480 seconds (120.878) on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Scenes from Mid-Ohio - Friday
  by Mark Scheuern

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Marco Andretti tops Indy Car practice in Mid-Ohio
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Andretti Green Racing's Marco Andretti turned the fastest lap in practice Friday afternoon for Sunday's Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  His teammate, Tony Kanaan, was right behind in 2nd ahead of Team Penske's Helio Castroneves.  Ryan Briscoe was 4th ahead of Scott Dixon and Justin Wilson.
Q&A with Tony George, Paul Tracy & Derrick Walker
  IndyCar Series announcement
On Tuesday in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway press room, Tony George announced that he, along with Walker Racing, will field a third car for Canadian driver Paul Tracy to drive in this year's Rexall Edmonton IndyCar race with backing from Subway sandwich shops.  The three of them along with Mark Bamford answered questions from the media gathered for the announcement.
Scott Dixon wins rain shortened Nashville race
  IndyCar
Target Chip Ganassi Racing team managing director Mike Hull gambled by keeping the Nos. 9 and 10 cars on the track while other contenders pitted under a moisture caution on Lap 148 and it worked as the race was called early because of heavy rain.  Scott Dixon tied an IndyCar Series record with his third consecutive victory at Nashville.
Castroneves wins pole in Nashville
  IndyCar
Helio Castroneves will start from the pole in the Firestone Indy 200 on the Nashville Superspeedway. The Team Penske driver recorded a four-lap average of 204.519 mph (1 minute, 31.5320 seconds) on the 1.33-mile Nashville Superspeedway to unseat Danica Patrick and pocket his second PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award presented by Auto Zone of the season.
Scenes from Watkins Glen - Sunday
  by Adriano Manocchia

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American Ryan Hunter-Reay wins first IndyCar race
  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Ryan Hunter-Reay took advantage of a spin by Scott Dixon that also took out Ryan Briscoe and then pulled away from Darren Manning and Tony Kanaan to win his first Indy Car race at Watkins Glen International Raceway.  The win was a long time coming and much deserved for both Hunter-Reay and the Rahal Letterman team.  Buddy Rice and Marco Andretti rounded out the top-5.
Costs to race an IndyCar getting out of control
  by Mark J. Cipolloni
When it comes to saving costs for the race teams, Champ Car had it all over IndyCar.  AutoRacing1.com has learned that the cost to race in IndyCar is far higher than it was in Champ Car.  Champ Car got it right when they moved to the new Panoz chassis, locking the car down so the teams could not make modifications to aerodynamic and mechanical pieces in order to gain an advantage.  A new car in the IndyCar series costs a whopping $675K when you add up all the costs.
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