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Briscoe Gets IndyCar Win

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The Associated Press

Published: June 2, 2008

WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Ryan Briscoe held off Indianapolis 500 winner Scott Dixon and barely slipped through a late-race crash to win Sunday's IndyCar Series race at the Milwaukee Mile.

A week after an embarrassing pit lane accident that took out fan favorite Danica Patrick at Indy, Briscoe redeemed himself with his first victory for Team Penske.

"It's nice, I'll tell you," the 22-year-old Australian said. "The car was just magic today. We just came through the field and it felt so good."

It appeared for most of the 225-lap race that Dixon would run away to another victory, but Briscoe caught the leader and passed him on Lap 177. All the drivers up front made green-flag stops before the finish, but Briscoe came out of the fuel stops back out front on Lap 207 and stayed there despite heavy pressure from Dixon in the closing laps.

With four laps to go, the lapped cars of polewinner Marco Andretti and Ed Carpenter came together in heavy traffic, sending both into the wall. Vitor Meira, who started last after crashing Saturday in qualifying, ran over Andretti's car, flying into the air and then hitting the wall just as Briscoe drove past.

Two-time defending race winner Tony Kanaan was third, followed by St. Petersburg's Dan Wheldon and Helio Castroneves. Patrick was never in contention, finishing a lap down in ninth.

NHRA: Hillary Will became the 11th woman in NHRA history to win a national event when she raced to the win in Top Fuel at the O'Reilly Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kan.

John Force won for the first time this season in Funny Car and Ron Krisher took the Pro Stock.

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