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360 VIEW
Minutes before
the Chicagoland
finale, Scott
Dixon gets
a visit from
Roger Penske
r annual – and highly unofficial – take on the championships within the championship
o Castroneves (right, kissing his Infineoning
car) can take pride in being the
all champ of road and street courses. The
-time Indy 500 winner finished second
t times in ’08 – and four of those came
he twisty tracks. Add that win at Infineon,
Helio took this unofficial championship
stout 45 points overTony Kanaan.
IO’S HIGHLIGHTS
PETERSBURG2ND
KINS GLEN 16TH
-OHIO 2ND
ONTON 2ND
NEON 1ST
LE ISLE 2ND
AL POINTS 233
NNER-UP: TONY KANAAN, 188 PTS)
One of the American Le Mans Series’ jewels
in the crown – Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
– took on extra lusterwith an influx of
IndyCarSeries stars, including Scott Dixon,
Darrell Ingham/Getty Images
AD COURSES SUPERSPEEDWAYS
Inside Line
Jeff Olson, Senior Writer
Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti and Dario
Franchitti in Acuras, and Ryan Briscoe (left)
and Helio Castroneves sharing a Penske
Porsche in the Oct. 4 enduro classic
BEFORE OUR VERY EYES
We’re lucky to witness this era of open-wheel
Paul Webb/LAT
Just as he did on the short ovals, Scott Dixon
also took our championship for the seven
superspeedways on the roster. Of those, four
ended with wins, with podiums in the other
three. And, just as in the real championship,
Castroneves was Dixon’s closest pursuer for
this title, but 50 points shy.
DIXON’S DATA
HOMESTEAD 1ST
MOTEGI 3RD
KANSAS 3RD
INDIANAPOLIS 1ST
TEXAS 1ST
KENTUCKY 1ST
CHICAGOLAND 2ND
TOTAL POINTS 322
(RUNNER-UP: CASTRONEVES, 272 PTS)
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