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Sunday, 05 September 2010 07:00 |
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Page 1 of 2  Helio Castroneves, who pitted on Lap 147 of 200 on the 1.5 mile Kentucky Speedway, inherited the lead when the leaders had to take a splash of ethanol in the final stages of the Kentucky Indy 300 and went on to win his second race of the season.
 Pole sitter Ed Carpenter finished second at the track for the second year in a row and Panther/Vision Racing team-mate Dan Wheldon was third.
Tony Kanaan charged from 26th in the 27 car field to fourth and Dario Franchitti was fifth.
Franchitti closed the IZOD IndyCar Series championship points gap on Will Power, who finished eighth, to 17 with two races left.
Also on September 4, Pippa Mann did everything right to win her first Firestone Indy Lights race. J.K. Vernay did just about everything right during the season, and just enough in the Drive Smart. Buckle Up Kentucky 100, to virtually wrap up the series championship.
Mann, the pole sitter in the #11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, jumped to a large lead after a Lap 5 restart and cruised to a 6.8372 second victory over James Hinchcliffe's #2 TMR-Xtreme Coil Drilling entry.
She's the second female (Ana Beatriz at Nashville and Iowa) to win in Firestone Indy Lights.
Vernay, who was third in the #7 Lucas Oil/CJ/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, takes a 48 point lead over Hinchcliffe into the season finale October 2 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and only needs to take the green flag to clinch the title.
 KENTUCKY INDY 300 POST RACE NOTES:
- Helio Castroneves wins the Kentucky Indy 300. This is Castroneves' second win of the 2010 season. He previously won at Barber earlier this season.
- Castroneves' win moves him to fourth in the overall championship points standings, 30 points ahead of team-mate Ryan Briscoe. It is his 24th career Indy car victory (18 IZOD IndyCar wins and 6 CART wins)
- This is Castroneves' first win at Kentucky Speedway. He has finished in the top five in eight of his nine starts at the track.
- Ed Carpenter finished second, equalling a career best finish. Carpenter also finished second at Kentucky last year.
- Dan Wheldon finished third, his second consecutive podium finish of the season.
- Dario Franchitti finished fifth, his seventh consecutive top five finishes. Franchitti extends his lead in the AJ Foyt Oval Championship over team-mate Scott Dixon (228 to 201).
- Danica Patrick finished ninth, extending her record streak of races running at the finish to 31.
- Bertrand Baguette finished 10th, a career best IZOD IndyCar Series finish. His previous best finish was 11th at Mid-Ohio earlier this year.
- Five different teams finished in the top 10.
- Ryan Hunter-Reay's finish of 21st ends his streak of eight consecutive top five finishes.
KENTUCKY INDY 300 RACE STATISTICS:
Winner's average speed: 174.402
Time of Race: 01h41'50.0059
Margin of victory: 13.1597 seconds
Cautions: 2 for 23 laps
Lead changes: 11 among 7 races
Lap Leaders: Carpenter 1-10, Wheldon 11-53, Power 54-55, Briscoe 56, Tracy 57-60, Power 61-141, Wheldon 142-143, Dixon 144, Castroneves 145-147, Wheldon 148-195, Carpenter 196, Castroneves 197-200.
Point Standings: Power 552, Franchitti 535, Dixon 469, Castroneves 448, Briscoe 418, Hunter-Reay 404, Kanaan 392, Andretti 347, Wheldon 346, Wilson 335.
KENTUCKY INDY 300 RACE RESULTS:
| Pos. |
Started |
Driver |
Car |
Laps |
Status |
| 1. |
8 |
Helio Castroneves |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 2. |
1 |
Ed Carpenter |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 3. |
3 |
Dan Wheldon |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 4. |
26 |
Tony Kanaan |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 5. |
11 |
Dario Franchitti |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 6. |
15 |
Marco Andretti |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 7. |
4 |
Scott Dixon |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 8. |
2 |
Will Power |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 9. |
17 |
Danica Patrick |
Dallara-Honda |
200 |
Running |
| 10. |
6 |
Bertrand Baguette |
Dallara-Honda |
199 |
Running |
| 11. |
16 |
Justin Wilson |
Dallara-Honda |
199 |
Running |
| 12. |
23 |
Paul Tracy |
Dallara-Honda |
199 |
Running |
| 13. |
18 |
Alex Lloyd |
Dallara-Honda |
199 |
Running |
| 14. |
10 |
Tomas Scheckter |
Dallara-Honda |
199 |
Running |
| 15. |
13 |
Alex Tagliani |
Dallara-Honda |
199 |
Running |
| 16. |
20 |
Raphael Matos |
Dallara-Honda |
199 |
Running |
| 17. |
5 |
Hideki Mutoh |
Dallara-Honda |
199 |
Running |
| 18. |
7 |
Mario Moraes |
Dallara-Honda |
198 |
Running |
| 19. |
24 |
Milka Duno |
Dallara-Honda |
195 |
Running |
| 20. |
25 |
Graham Rahal |
Dallara-Honda |
195 |
Running |
| 21. |
27 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Dallara-Honda |
174 |
Mechanical |
| 22. |
21 |
Sarah Fisher |
Dallara-Honda |
134 |
Mechanical |
| 23. |
12 |
Vitor Meira |
Dallara-Honda |
79 |
Contact |
| 24. |
9 |
Ryan Briscoe |
Dallara-Honda |
79 |
Contact |
| 25. |
19 |
Simona de Silvestro |
Dallara-Honda |
78 |
Contact |
| 26. |
22 |
E.J. Viso |
Dallara-Honda |
45 |
Mechanical |
| 27. |
14 |
Takuma Sato |
Dallara-Honda |
0 |
Contact |
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