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The IZOD IndyCar Series moved from the to the banked oval of Kansas Speedway for the fifth race of the season, the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300. It’s the first oval of the year for the open-wheelers, serving as a tuneup for the series’ namesake Indy 500 later this month. Qualifying even follows a similar format to Indy, with drivers ranked according to their four-lap run average. Unlike the 500 though, here in Kansas the drivers only get one chance.
This was also the first race since the announcement of a new triple championship for IndyCar, with the overall champ getting the main prize and additional crowns going to the driver who does best on the ovals and another who does the best on the non-ovals over the course of the season. Most of the drivers seemed to like the new setup, and the smaller teams in particular now have a better shot at scoring some wins by focusing on one part or the other if they can’t really compete for the overall title.
Will Power (Verizon Team Penske) was still sitting atop the overall driver standings, but Helio Castroneves (Team Penske) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (Team IZOD Andretti Autosport) had shown he wasn’t invincible, each winning one of the previous two races. It wasn’t looking as good for anybody not driving for Penske or Andretti though, and in fact, Penske’s trick suspension seemed to be holding its sizable advantage over the rest of the field in the early part of the season. But the ovals were a whole new ballgame and Andretti had finally broken through in 2010. Turning left only would probably minimize the Penske advantage too, so nobody could know exactly what the Indy 300 had in store. Follow the jump to see how it played out.
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[Photo Sources: Ron McQueeney/IndyCar Rick Dole, Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images]
