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Kansas Road Runner Turbo Indy 300

Lap 14: Helio into the back of Meira.  Viso gets caught by flying debris and is nearly harpooned by a piece of Helio’sfront wing.
Lap 22:  Green flag.  Rahal leads DixonLap 72: Leader Dixon comes in for green flag stop
Lap 83: Top 5: Dixon, Kanaan, Briscoe, Rahal, Castroneves 
Lap 92: Castroneves and Franchitti started in the rear of the field and are up to P5 and P7
Lap 97: Matos makes contact with the turn 4 wall bringing out the caution.  He was able to drive it back to pit lane
lapp 100:  After pit stops top 5 is Briscoe, Kanaan, Dixon, Helio, Franchitti
Lap 106: Back to green Danica goes underneath Franchitti and is running P6
Lap 153:  Franchitti into the wall bringing out caution
Lap 164: Conway is out after brushing the wall.
Lap 200: Dixon wins the Kansas Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 followed by Castroneves, Kanaan, Briscoe, and Danica

Lap 1: Franchitti loses two spots on the start.  Matos is now running second
Lap 5: Franchitti gets past Justin Wilson and moves into P3
Lap 15: Franchitti is up to second
Lap 16: Mike Conway into the tire barrier entering turn 1
Lap 17: Viso is out after contact with Dixon first full course caution of the day.
Lap 24: 5 car pile up inolving Wilson, Mutoh, Moraes, Manning, and Wheldon
Lap 29: Conway passes Tagliani placing him in P18
Lap 33: Marco pits.
Lap 37: Barrett off course but no contact.  Local yellow only.
Lap 40: Ed Carpenter goes into the tire wall entering turn 1.  Nothing appears to be broken.
Lap 52: Danica and Power pit. danica out first
Lap 53: Power gets by Danica
Lap 54: Conway in the tire barrier once again.
Lap 56: Rahal left pit early and broke the fuel hose.  Crew was quick with water and avoided what could have been a catastrophe.
Lap 61: Matos gets warning from race control about blocking after blocking RHR before entering into turn 1.
Lap 73: Moraes is hard into the tire barrier bringing out a full course caution.
Lap 85: Dario Franchitti wins the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg - April 5,2009

Lap 1: turn 1 Kanaan makes contact with Rahal. Rahal knocked back to last place. Conway knocked out.
Lap 19: Mutoh first to pit
Lap 29: Moraes gains 10 positions from start
lap 29: Power passes Franchitti for third place. Briscoe pits.
Lap 31: Matos makes contact with Patrick Turn 12 both out. Tagliani flat tire cut by Miera’s front wing. Moraes and Mutoh make contact as well. Moraes out. (all separate incidents). Briscoe takes the lead.
Lap 35: Dixon loses positions due to Power blocking his pit box. Dixon down to 15th (Under Caution)
Lap 37: Briscoe Wheldon and Viso now hold top 3 positions.
Lap 42: Green Flag
Lap 41: Franchitti passes Doornbos for 6th
Lap 42: Wilson passes Hunter-Reay for 4th
Lap 52: Wilson passes Viso for 3rd
Lap 55: Caution due to Barret losing control of car. No damage.
Lap 56: Viso and Power Pit. Briscoe does not pit. Wheldon moves to second. Wilson up to third.
Lap 67: Viso has trouble with fuel in pit
Lap 68: Briscoe 1st and Wheldon 2nd Pit
Wilson 1st Hunter-Reay 2nd
Lap 70: Franchitti pits giving up 3rd place. Marco Andretti leading briefly but pits.
Lap 71: Wilson pits keeps first place holds off Briscoe.
Lap 72: Ed Carpenter single car crash (Knocked Out)
Lap 73: Viso out of race ( Mechanical Trouble)
Lap 74: Franchitti falls to 5th spot. Kanaan passes him.
Lap 79: Franchitti takes spot back from Kanaan.
Lap 81: Soctt Dixon goes into the tire wall after contact with Mutoh. (Dixon Knocked Out.)
Lap 86: Briscoe passes Wilson on restart
Lap 86: Wheldon makes conact with Doornbos. (Wheldon knocked out). Doornbos to the pits. Mutoh makes contact with Wheldon. (Mutoh Knocked out). Hunter-Reay into second. Briscoe remains leader. 
Lap 96: Marco Andretti makes contact with Tagliani. (Andretti knocked out).