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R6 MONDAY, MAY 26, 2008 ist THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR INDYSTAR.COM RACE RESULTS Comments by CURT CAVIN The Star 1. SCOTT DIXON 2. VITOR MEIRA MARCO ANDRETTI 3. (ft The New Zealander had one of the most dominant months the Speedway has seen in decades. Start position: 7 Car number: 26 Car: DallaraHonda Lapsstatus: 200running Start position: 8 Car number: 4 Car: DallaraHonda Lapsstatus: 200running Start position: 1 Car number: 9 Car: DallaraHonda Lapsstatus: 200running Popular Brazilian earned yet another second-place finish, the eighth of his IndyCar career (second at Indy).

Said team made a mistake in changing its wing angles late in the race; apologized for move that cost Tony Kanaan. Finish Start Driver Car Laps Status Comment 4 4 Helio Castroneves 3 200 Running Made a nice recovery after sliding back in the pack after front wing took damage in Marty Roth's crash. 5 10 Ed Carpenter 20 200 Running Might have finished higher had he not lost considerable track position when car stuck in neutral in pits late. 6 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay 17 200 Running A year ago he was looking for a NASCAR ride; now he's likely to be named Indy's top rookie. 7 9 Hideki Mutoh 27 200 Running Japanese driver quietly had a strong month, contending for the top five.

Stalled engine on early stop. 8 17 Buddy Rice 15 200 Running Gave small Dreyer Reinbold team a solid run, leading eight laps early in the race. 9 14 Darren Manning 14 200 Running Englishman had to give up fifth place after wing contact with Rice's car leaving pit road on second stop. 10 12 TownsendBell 99 200 Running Deserves credit for what was a surprisingly strong second week and race in one of cars. 11 25 OriolServia 5 200 Running Had one hair-raising moment with pass of Castroneves on a late restart; was highest-finishing ex-Champ Car driver.

12 2 DanWheldon 10 200 Running No. 2 starter was No. 1 for 30 laps, but his car deteriorated in the second half; might have been broken shock. 13 23 Will Power 8 200 Running Road racing ace wanted only to complete 500 miles without incident, and he did that in respectable run. 14 18 Davey Hamilton 22 200 Running Veteran never had the magic of 2007, when he finished ninth in the third car of Vision Racing.

15 29 Enrique Bernoldi 36 200 Running That the former F-l driver completed all 200 laps was a major victory for the smaller Conquest team. 16 21 John Andretti 24 199 Running Didn't have the speed late in the race that he had showed earlier (and in final days of practice). 17 32 Buddy Lazier 91 195 Running Final driver to make this race had one moment of note: Making contact with MilkaDuno in the third turn. 18 28 Mario Moraes 19 194 Running One of the race's youngest drivers (age 19) led three laps under caution and held his breath as field passed him. 19 27 MilkaDuno 23 185 Running Her second 500 was hindered by contact with Buddy Lazier in the third turn.

She spun but kept car off the wall. 20 15 Bruno Junqueira 18 184 Running Brazilian never recovered from losing his right-side mirror on front straightaway early in race. 21 31 A.J. Foyt IV 2 180 Running Plagued by problems all month, so car's pit road fire mid-race was par for his course. 22 5 Danica Patrick 7 171 Contact Had much to complain about; first her car, then Ryan Briscoe's aggressive pit exit that created contact.

23 3 Ryan Briscoe 6 171 Contact Had an adventurous day with team putting wrong wing adjustment on the car, then he struck Patrick. 24 11 Tomas Scheckter 12 156 Mechanical Son of F-l champion again showed his oval strength, running third when driveshaft broke. 25 19 Alex Lloyd 16 151 Contact Drifted high in fourth turn, slapped wall, spun into pits, lucky not to hit anyone. 26 26 E.J. Viso 33 139 Mechanical Everyone was concerned about his driving, but he held his own.

Team let a tire get away; car had gearbox problems. 27 16 Justin Wilson 2 132 Contact Missing command to pit on first stop helped him get to second place; spin off first turn ended his race. 28 24 Jeff Simmons 41 112 Contact Suspension failure turned him sharply into the front straightaway wall under caution. 29 6 Tony Kanaan 11 105 Contact Drifted high in turn three with teammate passing under him, spun and was struck by Sarah Fisher. 30 22 Sarah Fisher 67 103 Contact First month owning a team didn't go well with sponsor issues, a spin warming tires and hitting Kanaan.

31 30 Jaime Camara 34 79 Contact His first impact was in the first turn, his second in the second. Major right-side damage; no injuries. 32 33 Marty Roth 25 59 Contact Came up too quickly on the pitting Buddy Lazier, drifted off line and hit fourth-turn wall. 33 13 Graham Rahal 6 36 Contact Here's a new one: A car owned by his father led to his accident in the fourth turn. INDIANAPOLIS 500-MILE RACE SCORECARD Each driver's performance at 20-lap intervals.

BMW PHI lBBB RACE STATS TOTAL LAPS LED Scott Dixon 115 Dan Wheldon 30 Marco Andretti 15 Vitor Meira 12 Tony Kanaan 12 Buddy Rice 8 Mario Moraes 3 Ed Carpenter 3 Bruno Junqueira 2 VITAL STATISTICS Time of race: 3 hours, 28 minutes, 57.6792 seconds Winner's average speed: 143.567 mph Lead changes: 18 Caution laps: 69 Fastest lap: 224.037 (Andretti on lap 161) IRL POINTS LEADERS (After 5 of 18 races) 2 1 11 2 112 1 Bi 1 I 2 2 2 4 3 10 19 12 aB 12 9 27 26 25 22 20 11 8 20 23 7 5 8 14 12 9 6 3 3 BB 4 10 13 13 11 9 8 8 7 19 22 5 3 3 3 1 27 29 29 29 ij 29 8 6 54 3 224 4 3 13 9 9 7 7 651 2 2 19 10 10 8 10 13 12 12 5 iB 7 12 7 7 6 6 5 20 5 7 Bl 5 6 4 4 5 5 4 3 21 24 lj 24 14 12 11 10 11 11 14 13 11 10 26 32 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 II 8 6 22 18 15 15 11 10 9 33 33 31 30 29 28 26 24 22 20 4 26 18 16 16 17 25 27 27 27 3 25 23 18 15 14 13 9 8 8 21 20 22 20 23 21 19 16 14 14 16 22 21 21 19 16 17 23 25 25 17 11 12 9 8 7 7 6 6 Bi 6 18 14 14 12 17 19 22 15 16 16 32 31 30 29 27 29 30 30 30 30 23 15 17 17 20 18 16 14 13 13 15 23 19 19 21 26 28 28 28 28 22 19 16 13 14 10 9 10 9 am 11 20 21 15 15 13 12 23 26 26 26 29 16 20 23 24 23 21 18 21 19 25 29 27 27 26 24 24 4 22 18 28 24 28 26 25 22 18 17 15 15 27 17 24 24 31 31 31 31 31 31 24 30 32 31 30 30 27 25 23 21 31 28 29 28 28 25 24 20 17 17 30 18 25 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 1 9 Scott Dixon 2 10 Dan Wheldon 3 6 Ryan Briscoe 4 3 Helio Castroneves 5 7 Danica Patrick 6 11 Tony Kanaan 7 26 Marco Andretti 8 4 Vitor Meira 9 27 Hideki Mutoh 10 20 Ed Carpenter 11 12 Tomas Scheckter 12 99 Townsend Bell 13 6 Graham Rahal 14 14 Darren Manning 15 18 Bruno Junqueira 16 2 Justin Wilson 17 15 Buddy Rice 18 22 Davey Hamilton 19 16 Alex Lloyd 20 17 Ryan Hunter-Reay 21 24 John Andretti 22 67 Sarah Fisher 23 8 Will Power 24 41 Jeff Simmons 25 5 Oriol Servia 26 33 E.J. Viso 27 23 Milka Duno 28 19 Mario Moraes 29 36 Enrique Bernoldi 30 34 Jaime Camara 31 2 A.J. Foyt IV 32 91 Buddy Lazier 33 25 Marty Roth 1. Dixon 191 2. Castroneves 176 3.

Wheldon 153 4. Kanaan 139 5. M.Andretti 130 6. Patrick 122 7. Carpenter 120 8.

Power 114 9. Mutoh 113 10. Servia 112 11. Hunter-Reay 105 12. Bernoldi 99 13.

Meira 98 14. Rahal 98 15. Viso 93 The Star.