Sunday, 20th April 2008

Feisty female throws off the shackles to triumph in Japan Indy 300.

Dixon's Ganassi team-mate Dan Wheldon and AGR's Tony Kanaan had to follow suit on lap 196 and pit too, opening the door for Castroneves and Patrick, whose last pit-stop has been on lap 148, giving them enough fuel to run to the flag.

Wheldon finished fourth and Kanaan fifth, ahead of Ed Carpenter, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Darren Manning, Ryan Briscoe and Townsend Bell.

"It became a fuel mileage race," reflected Dan, "To be quite honest, we have some work to do on our pit stops. It was a good day for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, but not what we wanted."

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Kanaan also reckoned his pit tactics had been wrong: "The Team 7-Eleven car was good today but we seemed to miss on the strategy. It's pretty frustrating but it is what it is," he added.

For the full race result click here.

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