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 Helio Castroneves Wins Sonoma (video)
Helio Castroneves Wins Sonoma (video)
#3 Team Penske driver Helio Castroneves wins his first race of the year at Sonoma.
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IRL: Castroneves dancing on air after win
Brits on Pole — After seven second places, a season full of frustrations and a trailer fire that destroyed his first-choice car, Helio Castroneves finally managed to take the chequered flag first and win an IndyCar Series race. The popular Brazilian qualified for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County on pole and led the most laps on his way to victory, taking the maximum points from the contest and knocking a sizeable chunk out of the championship lead held by Scott Dixon. Leading drivers used a variety of different pit strategies during the race, and at times ...

Olympians, like F1 drivers, told to keep their celebrations under control
F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog — Felipe Massa broke the rules by picking up a Brazil flag in 2006. Stupid rules The international running-and-jumping festival Olympics finally came to a close over the weekend. As a sporting event it’s not really to my taste as there aren’t any racing cars involved, and apparently never will be. Oh well. ...

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