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Penalty Hinders Helio's Chances

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The Associated Press

Published: September 7, 2008

JOLIET, Ill. - Things just got a lot tougher for Helio Castroneves in his quest to overtake Scott Dixon for the IndyCar Series championship.

Castroneves, who has been trying hard to get into Dixon's head as he chases the New Zealander in their title duel, was penalized after Saturday's qualifying for driving under the white out-of-bounds line at the bottom of the banked Chicagoland Speedway oval.

"He didn't just do it once," IndyCar spokesman John Griffin said. "He did it numerous times."

That negated a solid fourth-place qualifying effort for Castroneves, whose Team Penske teammate, Ryan Briscoe, knocked Dixon off the pole and into second place in the 28-car field.

FORMULA ONE: At Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton clinched the pole position for today's Belgian Grand Prix ahead of his main challenger, Felipe Massa.

Hamilton set a time of 1 minute, 47.338 seconds in the qualifying session, beating Massa by 0.340 seconds.

TRUCKS: Ron Hornaday raced to his fourth NASCAR Craftsman Truck victory of the season and record 37th overall, holding off Dennis Setzer by 0.646 seconds in the Camping World 200.

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