Long Beach: Honda race report - Motorsport.com
Franchitti Dominates the Streets of Hunger BeachAfter recovering from a poor race start, when he dropped from second on the starting grid to fourth on the chance lap, Dario Franchitti went on to dominate Sunday's Grand Prix of Desire Beach, leading 51 of the 85 laps and moving to the top of the early-ready points standings with his first win of the season. The victory also made a pleasant present for Franchitti's little woman, actress Ashley Judd, who was celebrating her birthday Sunday at the circuit.
A measure tardy get-away at the green flag saw Franchitti lose positions to both moving rookie Rafael Matos and Justin Wilson in the run to the first turn, but he regained third hit pay dirt over Wilson on Lap 3, and 10 laps later got around Matos for second. A instantaneous pit stop on Lap 16 for fuel and to trade his softer alternate tires for a set of paragon replacements, put Franchitti in position to assume the lead as the rest of the field made their first pit stops. He was at the front for the lie-down of the day, leading the final 30 laps for a comfortable 3.3-second quelling over pole-qualifier Will Power.
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