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WEST ALLIS,
Wis., Sunday, July 24, 2005
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WEST
ALLIS, Wis., Sunday, July 24, 2005
Sam Hornish is All Smiles in Victory Lane.
©
Oak Park Journal photo by Joe Paolella
Hornish
Sizzles, Wins ABC Supply Company/AJ Foyt 225
by Dan Peters
With temperatures reaching the mid-90s, a near record for this date,
Pole sitter Sam Hornish Jr. led the first 111 laps of the ABC Supply
Co./A.J. Foyt 225 at The Milwaukee Mile. The final eight, though,
turned out to be the most important.
Honish and last year's winner Dario Franchitti, hooked up in a
heated battle during the final 15 laps "It was a heck of a race out
there today for Marlboro Team Penske. The team put a good car
underneath me today. I battled a lot today. I really wanted to win
after we had that little problem with Helio. I don't ever want to see
that happen. I feel real bad for that guy. It's close racing, and you
can't take it back. You've got to
go out there and try and win it,
and I was pushing it really hard there at the end. I was trying to
baby the gearbox, and make sure I didn't hurt it at all. I wasn't
down shifting quite as hard as I needed going into Turn 1, and
the car pushed up and got into the marbles. I did all I could trying
to save it and keep it off the wall. That's how he (Franchitti) got
around me because I still didn't have my momentum back up yet.
It was a tough race for us today, but I'm happy."
Danica
Patrick is all set to go.
© Oak Park Journal photo by
Dan Peters
Rookie Sensation and crowd favorite Danica Patrick was strong
early on in the race, but fell victim to the scorching track
temperatures of 120 plus.. With air temperatures reaching the mid-90s,
the racing surface became slippery. That could have
played a part in rookie Patrick's No. 16 Rahal Letterman Racing Argent
Pioneer Honda spin exiting turn 2, making hard contact
with the wall between Turns 1 and 2. She exited the car without
assistance from the Delphi IRL Safety Team. Patrick was running sixth
before suffering her second DNF in 10 races.
Danica
Patrick's Car looks strong early on in the race. She was able to
be in the hunt until her spin in turn 3 took her out of the race
© Oak Park Journal photo by
Dan Peters
Dan Wheldon's Crew Goes to work on
the first pit stop.
© Oak Park Journal photo by
Dan Peters
© Oak Park Journal photo by
Dan Peters
"It was such a sudden snap. The groove had definitely widened
out through the race. I was pretty much where I was the whole
time, not going any faster, and it just snapped.
Jimmy Kite's
Crew goes to work in the pits.
© Oak Park Journal photo by
Dan Peters
It very well could have been my fault, But I heard Dario had
some action in his steering wheel on the same lap, so I don't
know maybe it was my fault, but I'll take the blame" Patrick said.
Danica Patrick
Remains Tough, but brings a Smile.
© Oak Park Journal photo by
Dan Peters
Points leader Dan Wheldon was also strong during the mid part of the
race, leading 58 laps today.
ABC Supply
Company/AJ Foyt 225
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Results Sunday of the ABC Supply Company/AJ Foyt 225
IRL IndyCar Series event July 24 at
the 1-mile Milwaukee Mile, with order of finish, starting
position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed
and reason out (if any) and money earned:
1. (1) Sam Hornish
Jr., Dallara-Toyota, 225, $111,400
2. (8) Dario
Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 225, $82,900
3. (3) Tomas
Scheckter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 225, $69,850
4. (9) Tony Kanaan,
Dallara-Honda, 225, $56,500
5. (4) Dan Wheldon,
Dallara-Honda, 225, $61,600
6. (12) Bryan Herta,
Dallara-Honda, 225, $45,600
7. (14) Patrick
Carpentier, Dallara-Toyota, 224, $46,400
8. (7) Alex Barron,
Dallara-Toyota, 224, $43,300
9. (11) Vitor Meira,
Panoz-Honda, 224, $43,300
10. (13) Scott
Sharp, Panoz-Honda, 221, $42,000
11. (20) Kosuke
Matsuura, Panoz-Honda, 220, $40,800
12. (16) Ed
Carpenter, DallaraToyota, 219, $39,600
13. (18) Scott
Dixon, Panoz-Toyota, 219, $38,500
14. (17) Jimmy Kite,
Dallara-Toyota, 218, $37,100
15. (10) Roger
Yasukawa, Dallara-Honda, 212, $36,000
16. (2) Helio
Castroneves, Dallara-Toyota, 206, $34,900
17. (15) Buddy Rice,
Panoz-Honda, 164, Accident, $33,600
18. (5) Buddy
Lazier, Dallara-Chevrolet, 129, Accident, $33,600
19. (6) Danica
Patrick, Panoz-Honda, 125, Accident, $32,400
20. (21) Darren
Manning, Panoz-Toyota, 34, Handling, $31,300
21. (19) A.J. Foyt
IV, Dallara-Toyota, 19, Handling, $31,300
22. (22) Ryan
Briscoe, Panoz-Toyota, 0, Did not start, $31,300
Race
Statistics
Winner's average
speed: 122.733 mph
Time of race:
01:51:38.6759
Margin of victory:
0.3836 of a second
Cautions: 5 for 52
laps
Lead changes: 5
among 3 drivers
Lap leaders: Hornish
Jr. 1-112, Wheldon 113-170, Franchitti 171-210, Hornish Jr. 211-212,
Franchitti 213-216, Hornish Jr. 217-225.
Point standings: Wheldon 377, Hornish Jr. 309, Franchitti 309, Kanaan
306, Castroneves 274, Sharp 250, Meira 241, Scheckter 240, Herta 238,
Carpentier 227.
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