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Circuit: Exhibition Place (1.755-mile temporary street circuit) Toronto, Ont., Canada
2013 Winners:
Race 1 Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) 88.370 mph average
Race 2 Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) 94.177 mph average
Weather:Overcast, steady light rain, 76 degrees F
Top 10 Race Results:
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[TD="width: 23"]Fn.
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[TD="width: 23"]St.
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[TD="width: 99"]Driver
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[TD="width: 122"]Team
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[TD="width: 86"]Engine - Chassis
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[TD="width: 32"]Laps
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[TD="width: 261"]Average Speed/Notes
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[TD="width: 23"]1.
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[TD="width: 23"]1.
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[TD="width: 99"]Sebastien Bourdais
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[TD="width: 122"]KVSH Racing
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[TD="width: 86"]Chevrolet Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]90.370 mph avg.; led 58 laps
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[TD="width: 23"]2.
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[TD="width: 23"]3.
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[TD="width: 99"]Helio Castroneves
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[TD="width: 122"]Team Penske
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[TD="width: 86"]Chevrolet Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]+3.3408 seconds; led 1 lap
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[TD="width: 23"]3.
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[TD="width: 23"]6.
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[TD="width: 99"]Tony Kanaan
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[TD="width: 122"]Chip Ganassi Racing
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[TD="width: 86"]Chevrolet Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]4.
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[TD="width: 23"]5.
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[TD="width: 99"]Simon Pagenaud
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[TD="width: 122"]Schmidt Peterson Hamilton **
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]Led 6 laps
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[TD="width: 23"]5.
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[TD="width: 23"]12.
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[TD="width: 99"]Scott Dixon
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[TD="width: 122"]Chip Ganassi Racing
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[TD="width: 86"]Chevrolet Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]6.
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[TD="width: 23"]14.
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[TD="width: 99"]Graham Rahal
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[TD="width: 122"]Rahal Letterman Lanigan
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]7.
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[TD="width: 23"]20.
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[TD="width: 99"]Charlie Kimball
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[TD="width: 122"]Chip Ganassi Racing
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[TD="width: 86"]Chevrolet Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]8.
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[TD="width: 23"]9.
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[TD="width: 99"]James Hinchcliffe
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[TD="width: 122"]Andretti Autosport
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]9.
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[TD="width: 23"]8.
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[TD="width: 99"]Justin Wilson
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[TD="width: 122"]Dale Coyne Racing
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]10.
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[TD="width: 23"]2.
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[TD="width: 99"]Will Power
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[TD="width: 122"]Team Penske
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[TD="width: 86"]Chevrolet Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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Other Honda-powered Results:
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[TD="width: 23"]11.
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[TD="width: 23"]22.
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[TD="width: 99"]Mikhail Aleshin-R
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[TD="width: 122"]Schmidt Peterson
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]13.
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[TD="width: 23"]18.
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[TD="width: 99"]Jack Hawksworth-R
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[TD="width: 122"]Bryan Herta Autosport
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]14.
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[TD="width: 23"]21.
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[TD="width: 99"]Carlos Huertas-R
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[TD="width: 122"]Dale Coyne Racing
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]16.
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[TD="width: 23"]23.
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[TD="width: 99"]Marco Andretti
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[TD="width: 122"]Andretti Autosport
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]17.
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[TD="width: 23"]17.
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[TD="width: 99"]Carlos Munoz-R
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[TD="width: 122"]Andretti Autosport
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]65
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[TD="width: 261"]**
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[TD="width: 23"]20.
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[TD="width: 23"]13.
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[TD="width: 99"]Josef Newgarden
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[TD="width: 122"]Sarah Fisher Hartman
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]63
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[TD="width: 261"]Did not finish – contact
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[TD="width: 23"]21.
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[TD="width: 23"]4.
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[TD="width: 99"]Ryan Hunter-Reay
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[TD="width: 122"]Andretti Autosport
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]39
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[TD="width: 261"]Did not finish – contact
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[TD="width: 23"]22.
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[TD="width: 23"]7.
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[TD="width: 99"]Luca Filippi - R
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[TD="width: 122"]Rahal Letterman Lanigan
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]17
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[TD="width: 261"]Did not finish – contact
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[TD="width: 23"]23.
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[TD="width: 23"]15.
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[TD="width: 99"]Takuma Sato
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[TD="width: 122"]A.J. Foyt Racing
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[TD="width: 86"]Honda Dallara
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[TD="width: 32"]10
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[TD="width: 261"]Did not finish – contact
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• Recovers from first-lap contact
• Strong drive, pit-stop strategy maintain championship challenge

A storming recovery effort from Simon Pagenaud and his Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports team, following first-lap contact, resulted in a fourth-place finish Sunday to lead the Honda-powered field in the opening race of a same-day Verizon IndyCar Series doubleheader Sunday at the Honda Indy Toronto.
Starting fifth, Pagenaud was tipped into an opening-lap spin by contact from seventh-starting Luca Filippi, triggering a chain-reaction collision and a complete race restart, with Pagenaud at the rear of the field. An early, "off-sequence" pit stop from the Schmidt team on Lap 11 allowed Pagenaud to move into the lead when most of the remainder of the 23-car starting field made their own mid-race stops. While in front, Pagenaud clicked off a series of fast race laps, ensuring that he remained in the lead group, even after making a second stop on Lap 40, resuming and finishing fourth.
This morning's race was the first of two 65-lap races in Toronto. Coverage of the 65-lap "nightcap" starts at 4 p.m. EDT on the NBC Sports Network.
Simon Pagenaud (#77 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Honda) started 5th, fell to the back of the field after first lap contact, finished 4th: "I was really upset [after being tipped into an opening-lap spin] but also, I was really lucky that the damage was not too bad and I didn't get 'T-boned'. The team did a great job with the repair and also with the pit strategy. Fourth is a very good result, and I think we can win this afternoon."


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