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Franchitti takes Iowa victory

Iowa captured a lot of the excitement that has been missing from the 2009 IndyCar Series season, as Dario Franchitti took a well-judged second victory of the year by navigating a series of incidents and green-flag pit stops.

It was still a driver from Chip Ganassi Racing or Team Penske that wound up in victory lane for the seventh time in as many races. Franchitti was once again in a special livery - his fifth in seven races - as opposed to the standard Target red and white, the TOM TOM lime green car that he also drove to third place at the Milwaukee Mile.

"I'm completely dizzy right now," Franchitti admitted after a quick second half of the race. "We worked hard on certain parts of the setup, and it changed a lot. We did a couple little tweaks, plus the stops were great for track position."

Franchitti led home Ryan Briscoe, with Hideki Mutoh scoring his best result since finishing runner-up at this race last season in third. Dan Wheldon finished fourth and was the only other driver to finish on the lead lap, while Scott Dixon had a fraught but conservative race finishing fifth.

Vettel wins British GP

Sebastian Vettel ran away from the field in Sunday's British Grand Prix. Vettel won by 20 seconds ahead of Red Bull teammate Mark Webber and Brawn GP best hope Rubens Barrichello, who matched a third-place finish from last year. Vettel and Webber completed their second Red Bull one-two of 2009. Vettel set fast lap about for a clean sweep: pole, race and fast lap.

Kahne and Petty back in Victory Lane

The driver of the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge had to ask his crew chief for directions to Victory Lane after taking the checkered flag in a green-white-checkered finish in Sunday's Toyota/SaveMart 350 at Infineon Raceway.

Kahne held off road-course ace Tony Stewart through a succession of four late-race, double-file restarts, the final time after Scott Speed's spin on Lap 108 caused the seventh caution of the day. After starting from the rear because of an engine change, Marcos Ambrose chased the top two finishers to the line to claim third place, matching the best result of his Sprint Cup Series career.

"Awesome - not too bad for a dirt-tracker from Washington!" Kenny Francis, Kahne's crew chief, radioed after his driver crossed the stripe on Lap 113, three laps beyond the scheduled distance at the 1.99-mile road course. "Unreal," replied Kahne, who gave owner Richard Petty his first victory since John Andretti in 1999. "Gosh, we had to hold Stewart off for a while. We won a road-course race! Oh, my God, I can't believe this."

Jimmie Johnson recovered from a pit-road speeding penalty to finish fourth. Denny Hamlin, who led 33 laps - second only to Kahne's 37 - came home fifth. Juan Montoya, A.J. Allmendinger, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon and Elliott Sadler completed the top 10.

Edwards wins at Milwaukee

Roush Fenway Racing's Carl Edwards made the trip from Infineon Raceway worthwhile on Saturday night, winning the Nationwide Series NorthernTool.com 250 at the Milwaukee Mile.

Edwards left Infineon earlier in the day, where he practiced his Cup Series car, to race at Milwaukee. Having to start at the rear of the field, Edwards tiptoed through the field early in the race.

After his Cup counterpart, Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch, led for numerous laps, Edwards chased him down and made the pass for the lead on Lap 205. Despite two caution periods in the final 50 laps, Edwards easily pulled away to his first Nationwide victory of the season.

Hornaday dominates at Milwaukee

Kevin Harvick Inc. driver Ron Hornaday dominated Saturday's rescheduled Copart 200 Camping World Truck Series race, winning on his 51st birthday. "It's a cool day," Hornaday said. "What'd they, 'How old are you?' I don't know. I'm in my 50s, now, I guess."

It was the 41st career Truck victory and second win of the season for Hornaday and his second career victory in a Trucks race at Milwaukee, where he also won in 1997. Hornaday led 180 of the race's 200 laps and easily beat Dennis Setzer. The race was postponed from Friday night after heavy rain struck the Milwaukee area.

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