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Dixon Leads Target Chip Ganassi Racing To 1-2 Sweep At Kansas


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KANSAS CITY, May 2, 2010: Target Chip Ganassi Racing owns Kansas Speedway.

Scott Dixon won the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 for the second consecutive year, giving Team Target its fourth victory in a row on the 1.5-mile oval (Dan Wheldon won in 2007 and '08).

Dixon held off teammate Dario Franchitti over the final six laps after a restart in the first oval race of the season. Andretti Autosport's Tony Kanaan improved 11 positions to finish third and Helio Castroneves was fourth.

Ryan Hunter-Reay, driving the No. 37 IZOD car for Andretti Autosport, moved up 17 spots from his starting position to finish fifth. Pole sitter Ryan Briscoe in the No. 6 Team Penske car finished sixth and Alex Tagliani was seventh in the No. 77 FAZZT Race Team entry.