FORT WORTH, Texas — Scott Dixon regained the lead a lap before a crash between his closest competitors and crossed the finish line under caution Saturday night to win the IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
On the 222nd lap, Dixon drove under Marco Andretti coming out of the third turn to get in front.
Near the same spot a lap later, Ryan Hunter-Reay was on the bottom of the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked track trying to get past Andretti. But Hunter- Reay’s car suddenly darted up into Andretti, sending both of them into the wall.
“He gave me the bottom line on the backstretch, then he really turned early,” Hunter- Reay said. “He said that he gave me enough room. I didn’t feel he did.”
IndyCar Series crews were unable to get the track cleared before the 228-lap race ended.
It was the 13th career victory, and third this season, for Dixon, the Indianapolis 500 champion and series points leader.
Helio Castroneves, the only driver to finish in the top five of every race, managed to avoid the race-ending crash and finished second. His Penske teammate, Ryan Briscoe, finished third.
Troxel tops funny cars
JOLIET, Ill. — Melanie Troxel became the first female driver to top funny car qualifying in NHRA history, covering a quarter-mile in 4.752 seconds at 327.27 mph at the Route 66 Nationals.
The other top qualifiers were Tony Schumacher (top fuel), Jeg Coughlin (pro stock) and Chris Rivas (pro stock motorcycle).
Footnotes.
Brad Keselowski raced to his first Nationwide Series victory, passing Clint Bowyer with six laps to go and easily holding off his closest rivals at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway.
Kyle Busch, racing in the second of three NASCAR races in a historic weekend triple, finished 20th, three laps down. A green-flag pit stop with 52 laps to go bounced him from the top five to two laps down.
• Lewis Hamilton earned his second pole of the season for today’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. It was the eighth top qualifying spot of the 23-year-old Englishman’s career.
The Associated Press
Today’s races
NASCAR SPRINT CUP
Pocono 500
Site:Long Pond, Pa.
TV: TNT, 10:30 a.m.
Track: Pocono Raceway (triangular oval, 2.5 miles).
Distance: 500 miles, 200 laps.
FORMULA ONE
Canadian Grand Prix
Site:Montreal
TV: Fox, 11 a.m.
Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (2.709 miles, 15 turns).
Distance: 189 miles, 70 laps.
NHRA
Route 66 Nationals
Site:Joliet, Ill.
TV: ESPN2, 3 p.m. tape.
Track: Route 66 Raceway.
