| Dario Franchitti Indianapolis 500 Champion has | | | | and his first ever oval-track finish of the year. |
| made it two wins in the last four races ahead of | | | | The second-year IndyCar driver led by four laps |
| Andretti Green Racing teammate macro Andretti | | | | but never really got the chance to lead. |
| across the finish line last Sunday at the Iowa | | | | Aside from Adretti, Scott Sharp was also able to |
| Speedway held in conjunction with the inaugural | | | | rank third while Buddy Rice places fourth and |
| Iowa Corn Growers Indy 250 in front of a sellout | | | | Sarah Fisher finishing in seventh place---all had their |
| crowd of 35,838. | | | | bets results this year. Panther Racing's Victor |
| Beginning at the inside of the second row, | | | | Meira led 71 laps and was trying to achieve his |
| Franchitti successfully shunned all three multi-car | | | | first IndyCar victory before suspension failure |
| crashes which caused the delayed and elimination | | | | makes him to retire on Lap 216. The accident |
| of more than half of the 19 car starting field. | | | | was able to take out from the race Danica |
| Franchitti was able to lead throughout the final | | | | Patrick, A.J. Foyt IV, Sam Hornish Jr., Kosuke |
| third of the 250-lap event leading 96 laps for his | | | | Matsuura, Kanaan, Jeff Simmons, and Tomas |
| second IndyCar Series victory of the season with | | | | Scheckter. |
| a remarkable point lead in the championship | | | | Dario Franchitti driving the #27 Andretti Green |
| standings after 8 of 17 races. | | | | Racing Honda has started in 3rd and finished 1st. |
| In addition it was also the second 1-2 result for | | | | this is the second win for 2007 of Franchitti and |
| the Andretti Green Racing in the last three races | | | | his 6th career IndyCar victory and his seventh |
| as Tony Kaanan and Franchitti finished first and | | | | top-five finish in eight races for this season. |
| second respectively at The Milwaukee Mile this | | | | Because of his achievements, Franchitti becomes |
| month. | | | | Honda's all-time winning driver with 16 opne-wheel |
| Dario's win has given him a total of 16 | | | | victories in CART and IndyCar competition. |
| Honda-powered victories in North American | | | | Franchitti said, "It was just a great job by the |
| open-wheel competition surpassing Alex Zanardi | | | | guys all weekend long. This may be a short track, |
| who has only 15 wins as Honda's most successful | | | | but it drives a lot like a super speedway. We took |
| driver in Indy-style racing. | | | | a bit of a gamble on our last pit stop [taking fuel |
| Last weekend's race at Iowa Speedway has | | | | only and running the final 104 laps on the same |
| proven to be a success for the Honda Indy V8 | | | | set of tires] to gain some track position, so I |
| engine and Honda lowering springs that shows 100 | | | | certainly didn't need to see that last yellow. All |
| percent reliability throughout 7,241 laps of testing, | | | | credit to Firestone and to Honda, who once again |
| practice, qualifying, and then finally at last Sunday's | | | | gave us a great engine. There were no team |
| race totaling to 6,493 miles covered with | | | | orders, and I know Marco [Andretti] wants a |
| temperatures ranging from the mid-90s on Friday | | | | victory just as much as I do, so that made the |
| to as low as 70s during the race. | | | | final run pretty exciting for both of us. It was a |
| Andretti with less than seven-hundredths of a | | | | very physical race, but a lot of fun at the same |
| second behind the finish was able to have his best | | | | time. |
| result in what has been a difficult 2007 season | | | | |