Helio Castroneves crosses finish line in first place
moving himself and his Penske Team solidly into the championship run at the IndyCar Series title. Penske Team's and Castroneves' teammate Will Power, was third.
Castroneves gain position on front-runner Alex Tagliani at the final pit stop, moving into the lead, then held off Takuma Sato as he took checkered flag for his second victory of the season.
Helio's win moved him up one spot in the standings to second and is now trailing points leader Ryan Hunter-Reay by only 23 points with four races left in the series.
The day provided the first caution-free race of the season. With the race run with no accidents, yellow or red flags or restarts, the slower cars or backmarkers had no chance to move up to the field. Yellow flag restarts allow cars which may run on the track faster, but drop back as the result of passing difficulties or pit stops, a chance to catch up and challenge the front running cars. This racetrack advantage did not present itself to racers like Hunter-Reay who won the pole position for the race on the Edmonton's 2.2-mile, 13-turn course, but was bumped back to start 11th for an unapproved engine change finishing 7th.
Pole-sitter Dario Franchitti lost his lead on the first lap
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Finish; Driver, Car #; Starting Position
1. Helio Castroneves 3 - 5
2. Takuma Sato 15 - 3
3. Will Power 12 - 17
4. Graham Rahal 38 - 8
5. Alex Tagliani 98 - -4
6. Dario Franchitti 10 - 1
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 28 - 11
8. Ryan Briscoe 2 - 2
9. Justin Wilson 18 - 10
10. Scott Dixon 9 - 18
11. Mike Conway 14 - 23
12. James Hinchcliffe 27 - 9
13. Rubens Barrichello 8 - 7
14. Marco Andretti 26 - 15
15. Sebastien Bourdais 7 - 12
16. E.J. Viso 5 - 16
17. Josef Newgarden 67 - 13
18. Tony Kanaan 11 - 21
19. Charlie Kimball 83 - 19
20. Simon Pagenaud 77 - 6
21. JR Hildebrand 4 - 20
22. Ed Carpenter 20 - 22
23. Simona de Silvestro 78 - 25
24. Oriol Servia 22 - 24
25. James Jakes 19 - 14
Helio Castroneves
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Helio Castroneves
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Helio Castroneves
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Takuma Sato
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Takuma Sato
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Will Power
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Will Power
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Pit Lane Befor the Start
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Pit Lane Action
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Work on Helio's Car
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Scott Dixon's Car and Crew
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Dario Franchitti
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Dario Franchitti
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Will Power makes a move on James Hinchcliffe of Andretti Autosport
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JR Hildebrand Leads Graham Rahal Into The Turn
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JR Hildebrand Driver of The National Guard Car
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James Hinchcliffe's GoDaddy Andretti Autosport Car and Crew
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Oriol Servia over 'Cooks' It Into The Turn
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Tony Kanaan Does The Same Thing
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Tony Kanaan
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Ryan Hunter-Reay leaving; Helio Castroneves entering the Turn
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Justin Wilson's Car and Crew
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Will Power's Car and Team Penske Crew
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