Wheldon posts Kansas repeat
Kansas City, KS - April 28, 2008
By: IndyCar PR
Dan Wheldon won for the first time in a year, taking the checkered flag in the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway to become the first two-time winner in eight IndyCar Series races at the track.
Wheldon, the 2005 Indianapolis 500 champion, hadn't visited Victory Lane since winning at Kansas last April when he led 177 of 200 laps.
This year, the Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver led only the final 49 laps, but it was enough for his 14th career victory.
"It was a really good weekend for everyone at Target Chip Ganassi Racing," Wheldon said. "It's unfortunate for Scott (Dixon) about when the yellow fell. I'm sure he'll make up for that later in the year. The cars were very competitive the whole weekend. The crews performed flawlessly, and that's the kind of weekend you want. It's great to have that weekend leading into Indianapolis."
Wheldon's teammate Scott Dixon dominated the race, leading 145 laps, but Dixon, the 2003 Kansas winner, went in for a final pit stop two laps before a yellow flag came out. Dixon shuffled back to seventh but only had time to climb back to third in the final 28 laps.
Andretti Green Racing's Tony Kanaan finished second, his best finish of the season.
Helio Castroneves finished fourth and retains the series points lead heading into the Indianapolis 500.
Danica Patrick, who recorded her first career victory one week ago, was seventh when she went in for her final pit stop, however a bent wheel ended her race. She was 19th.
KANSAS SPEEDWAY RACE RESULTS - SUN, 27 APR 2008
Kansas Speedway :: Sun, 27 Apr 2008
Pos. Driver/Car No C/E/T S Qual
Speed Laps XL LL Status Pts
1 Dan Wheldon
Target Chip Ganassi Racing 10 D/H/F 2 213.641 200 1 49 Running 50
2 Tony Kanaan
Team 7-Eleven 11 D/H/F 11 211.804 200 0 0 Running 40
3 Scott Dixon
Target Chip Ganassi Racing 9 D/H/F 1 213.956 200 3 145 Running 38
4 Helio Castroneves
Team Penske 3 D/H/F 8 212.078 200 1 1 Running 32
5 Marco Andretti
Forsythe 26 D/H/F 14 211.256 200 0 0 Running 30
6 Hideki Mutoh
Formula Dream 27 D/H/F 13 211.346 200 0 0 Running 28
7 Ryan Briscoe
Team Penske 6 D/H/F 9 211.979 200 0 0 Running 26
8 A.J. Foyt IV
Vision Racing 2 D/H/F 5 212.478 200 1 5 Running 24
9 Justin Wilson
McDonald's Racing Team 02 D/H/F 22 209.405 199 0 0 Running 22
10 Ed Carpenter
Menards/ Vision Racing 20 D/H/F 6 212.401 198 0 0 Running 20
11 Oriol Servia
KV Racing Technology 5 D/H/F 23 209.239 198 0 0 Running 19
12 Graham Rahal
Hole in the Wall Camps 06 D/H/F 20 209.799 198 0 0 Running 18
13 Jay Howard
Roth Racing 24 D/H/F 15 210.617 197 0 0 Running 17
14 EJ Viso
PDVSA HVM Racing 33 D/H/F 17 210.112 197 0 0 Running 16
15 Bruno Junqueira
The Z-Line Car 18 D/H/F 26 208.022 196 0 0 Running 15
16 Milka Duno
CITGO / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 23 D/H/F 24 208.516 195 0 0 Running 14
17 Mario Moraes
The SONNY Car 19 D/H/F 27 0.000 193 0 0 Running 13
18 Ryan Hunter-Reay
Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol 17 D/H/F 12 211.681 169 0 0 Running 12
19 Danica Patrick
Motorola 7 D/H/F 3 213.225 156 0 0 Mechanical 12
20 Buddy Rice
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 15 D/H/F 21 209.766 150 0 0 Contact 12
21 Jaime Camara
Sangari 34 D/H/F 19 209.922 150 0 0 Running 12
22 Vitor Meira
Delphi National Guard 4 D/H/F 10 211.843 101 0 0 Mechanical 12
23 Tomas Scheckter
Symantec Luczo Dragon Racing 12 D/H/F 4 212.762 96 0 0 Handling 12
24 Darren Manning
ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt Racing 14 D/H/F 16 210.341 76 0 0 Handling 12
25 Enrique Bernoldi
Sangari 36 D/H/F 25 208.442 54 0 0 Handling 10
26 Marty Roth
Roth Racing 25 D/H/F 7 212.182 41 0 0 Handling 10
27 Will Power
Aussie Vineyard-Team Australia 8 D/H/F 18 210.091 22 0 0 Contact 10
Key:
No: Car Number C/E/T: Chassis/Engine/Tire
S: Starting Position F: Finishing Position
XL: Times Led LL: Laps Led
Pts: Points
