BRIEFLY: LAZIER LUCKY IN IRL WIN.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Messed up pit stops and a broken gearbox couldn't keep Buddy Lazier from taking control of the Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series championship series Sunday with a hard-earned victory in the Belterra Resort Indy 300. ``There was some racing luck involved today,'' said Lazier, whose Hemelgarn Racing Dallara-Oldsmobile coasted to a stop moments after taking the checkered flag at the new Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky. Lazier took the lead for good 31 laps from the end of the 200-lap event, moving to the top when rookie Sarah Fisher made her final pit stop. The margin of victory was 1.879 seconds - about 15 car-lengths - and Lazier, who came into the race with a 23-point lead over Eddie Cheever, found himself holding a 38-point edge over new runner-up Scott Goodyear in the battle for the Northern Light Cup championship. He won $126,300 while averaging 164.601 mph. --Joe Ruttman held off NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Craftsman Truck Series points leader Greg Biffle in a two-lap shootout to win the inaugural Sears Craftsman 175 race at Chicago Motor Speedway The Chicago Motor Speedway located in Cicero, just outside of Chicago, Illinois, was built in 1999 by a group including Chip Ganassi, owner of Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2002 the 1.029 mile oval shaped track suspended operations due to financial conditions in the motorsports industry. in Cicero, Ill. --Mika Hakkinen passed Michael Schumacher with four laps left to win the Belgian Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Belgian Grand Prix (disambiguation). The Belgian Grand Prix is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. and extend his lead in the Formula One drivers' standings. Hakkinen steered his McLaren-Mercedes by Schumacher's Ferrari on the longest stretch of the circuit and went on to win by 1.1 seconds. Williams driver Ralf Schumacher, Michael's brother, finished 38 seconds back in third place. TENNIS: Magnus Norman beat Thomas Enqvist 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in the finals of the Hamlet Cup in Commack, N.Y., his first victory over his fellow Swede. BOXING: The FBI is looking into allegations that once-beaten heavyweight Richie Melito was involved in fixed fights, the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 reported. OLYMPICS: Tests for the banned performance-enhancing drug EPO EPO see erythropoietin. EPO Erythropoietin, see there cleared a major hurdle when they were endorsed for use at the Sydney Games by International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 legal experts. |
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