Now that was some outstanding sports entertainment! Ryan Briscoe fought his way to the front after falling to 13th position and nosed past Scott Dixon to win the Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway by .0077 second.
Briscoe increased his lead in the IndyCar points standings with two races remaining in the season. Dario Franchitti finished 3rd at Chicagoland and is 2nd in points, 25 behind Briscoe. Dixon trails Briscoe by 33 points.
The race featured wheel-to-wheel action throughout. Side-by-side racing was the norm and three-wide battles were not unusual. The lone disappointment was that the top three finishing positions once again went to the teams that have figured out how to sell a $1.3 million product for more than $7 million. This remains a fundamental problem, but it is more easily forgiven in light of the quality of racing witnessed by IndyCar fans Saturday night.
One question: why such a late start? Waiting for the end of Shabbat?
Roggespierre
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