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IRL: Helio wins a thriller - but Dixon takes title
Scott Dixon lost the Indy 300 to Helio Castroneves by the second closest margin in IRL history - but his runner-up spot was easily enough to crown him champion in a thrilling final race of the season.
IRL: Chicago show-down favours Dixon
Helio Castroneves can still win the IndyCar Series championship tonight - but he’s going to have to do it the hard way.
Opinion: Helio penalty shows IRL could teach F1 a thing or two
The similarities are striking - two Brazilian drivers trying to continue a recent run of good form and eat into world championship leads, both apparently on their way to commanding race victories, both committing apparent rules breaches.
IRL: Castroneves punishment hands win to Wilson
Justin Wilson won the Detroit Indy Grand Prix at Belle Isle to score his first IRL victory - but only after Helio Castroneves was ordered to surrender the lead for blocking the Englishman’s overtaking attempts.
IRL: Castroneves dancing on air after win
After seven second places, a season full of frustrations and a trailer fire that destroyed his first-choice car, Helio Castroneves finally managed to take the chequered flag first and win an IndyCar Series race.
IRL: Team Penske blaze a trail at Infineon
Not even the destruction of their first-choice race cars in a fire could stop Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe from seizing the front row in qualifying for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County.
IRL: Castroneves unlucky in Kentucky
Scott Dixon’s seemingly-unstoppable march to this year’s IRL championship continued in Kentucky with a last lap overtake of the luckless Helio Castroneves to take victory in the Meijer Indy 300.
IRL: Podium for Wilson as Dixon marches on
Scott Dixon stretched his championship lead by beating closest challenger Helio Castroneves into second place in the Rexall Edmonton Indy - while Justin Wilson flew the flag for the ex-Champ Car drivers by taking third.
IRL: Briscoe leads home 1-2 for Team Penske
Team Penske stamped their mark on the Honda Indy 200 by scoring a 1-2 in both qualifying and the race itself - but the luckless Justin Wilson came away with nothing despite a racy afternoon in the field’s fastest car.
IRL: Dixon singing in the rain at Nashville
Scott Dixon was handed victory when weather forced an early end to the Firestone Indy 200 at a rain-soaked Nashville Superspeedway - but it was all a lucky mistake.
