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In case you thought his nearly winning the Indy 500 was a fluke, on Sunday Marco Andretti became the youngest driver in U.S. history to win a major-league open wheel race when he captured the Infineon Indy Grand Prix in Sonoma, California. The 19 year-old son of Michael Andretti, and grandson of former world champion Mario Andretti, also locked up the IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year title in the process.

Marco beat Andretti Green Racing teammate Dario Franchitti to the line by only 0.6 seconds, after gaining the lead on a brilliant out-of-sequence pit stop call by crew chief Kyle Moyer. The two AGR cars were 10 seconds clear of third place Vitor Meira (Panther Racing).

On the championship front, the IndyCar Series heads into its last race at Chicagoland Speedway with Helio Castroneves holding just a one-point lead over Penske Racing teammate Sam Hornish Jr.

[Source: Honda]

He's the real deal: Marco Andretti scores first big league win originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Indy Racing League fan favorite Danica Patrick will return to Indianapolis next month, where she hopes to improve on her fourth place finish in last year's rookie campaign. But Patrick isn't just gearing up for the race, the talented and comely racer is on the cusp of releasing her autobiography.

Danica Patrick: Crossing The Line was actually penned by biographer Laura Morton, but the racing star insists she was very much in the driver's seat during the entire writing process.

The book is slated to hit retail shelves May 25.

[Source: The Associated Press via the San Jose Mercury News; Amazon.com]

Danica Patrick to race into bookstore near you originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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