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Ed Carpenter (No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing/Fuzzy's Premium Vodka Chevrolet) held off Will Power (No. 12 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet) and three other drivers during a restart shootout in the final three laps to win the Firestone 600 Verizon IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway by 0.5247 of a second Saturday night. It was the third career victory for the owner/driver and second for Ed Carpenter Racing this season. "I just felt like we left some on the table in qualifying, but it made me extra motivated," said Carpenter, who qualified fifth. "I think we were for sure the car to beat at the end. I have loved this race track for a long time and had a lot of bad luck here. I have really always wanted to win here, so I'm super excited." Carpenter, who led but a single lap in his previous 12 starts on the 1.455-mile, high-banked oval with a previous best finish of fourth, led 90 laps.
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Will Power, the Verizon P1 Award winner in Texas, gets pit service from his Team Penske crew. Power led more than half of the 248-lap race, but was issued a drive-through penalty because of a pit lane speed violation with 35 laps left, which crushed his chances. He was sixth when the final yellow flag was shown on Lap 242, and Team Penske's Tim Cindric called in Power to pit two laps later for fresh tires. Following the restart, he overtook three cars to gain back most of the points he would have lost because of the penalty. Power has a 39-point lead over teammate Helio Castroneves in the Verizon IndyCar Series championship heading to the doubleheader in Houston.
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Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 2 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet) finished a season-high third place at Texas. "I'm happy," said Montoya, who at 38 years old returned this year to Indy car racing after a 13-year absence. "I had a hell of a race. It would have been nice to come out of here with a victory because I think we had a car that could have done that, but it was a lot of fun and I think a win is just around the corner," said Montoya, who started a season-high fourth. "I'm getting better every race," said Montoya, who recorded his third top-five finish in eight races. "It was fun. What a handful. To be good here it's got to be a handful."... I'll tell you the truth, I haven't had this much fun in a long time."
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports National Guard Chevrolet SS) won the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. It was Earnhardt Jr.'s second win of the season and first at Pocono, locking him into the Sprint Cup Series Chase. Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Team Penske Redd's Ford Fusion) led 95 of Sunday's 160 laps and led Earnhardt by more than one second when his engine temperature forced him into a desperate act with five laps to go. Keselowski tucked in behind the lapped car of Danica Patrick (No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing GoDaddy Chevrolet SS) hoping to suck the debris off his grille, and Earnhardt blew by him for the win. Keselowski finished second. Kurt Busch (No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Haas Automation Chevrolet SS) finished third. Watch a NASCAR video here.
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Twenty-four-year-old Daniel Ricciardo (No. 3 Infiniti Red Bull Racing-Renault RB10) scored his first F1 win at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, the Australian fighting his way past Sergio Perez (No. 11 Sahara Force India Mercedes Hybrid) and Nico Rosberg (No. 6 Mercedes AMG Petronas W05 Hybrid) to also claim the first win of the season for Infiniti Red Bull Racing. Sebastian Vettel (No. 1 Infiniti Red Bull Racing-Renault RB10) finished third.