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Drama punctuated the 110 laps on the temporary street circuit of St. Petersburg at the opening round of the IZOD IndyCar series Sunday with the top six undecided until the final 100 yards.
Ahead of it all -- out of the slicing and dicing, bumps and bruised egos -- for the final 26 laps was James Hinchcliffe in the bright green No. 27 GoDaddy.com car.
The 26-year-old driver from Toronto overtook Penske's Helio Castroneves in Turn 1 of a Lap 85 restart, conserved fuel in the Chevrolet-powered car for Andretti Autosport and held on for a 1.0982-second victory.
“Hinch” is the first Canadian to win an Indy car race since Paul Tracy in 2007 at Cleveland and gave Michael Andretti his 44th Indy car victory (two more than he had as a driver).
Helio Castroneves crossed the line in second place ahead of Andretti Autosport's Marco Andretti.
Ahead of it all -- out of the slicing and dicing, bumps and bruised egos -- for the final 26 laps was James Hinchcliffe in the bright green No. 27 GoDaddy.com car.
The 26-year-old driver from Toronto overtook Penske's Helio Castroneves in Turn 1 of a Lap 85 restart, conserved fuel in the Chevrolet-powered car for Andretti Autosport and held on for a 1.0982-second victory.
“Hinch” is the first Canadian to win an Indy car race since Paul Tracy in 2007 at Cleveland and gave Michael Andretti his 44th Indy car victory (two more than he had as a driver).
Helio Castroneves crossed the line in second place ahead of Andretti Autosport's Marco Andretti.
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| Photos: LAT/IndyCar |