Dan Wheldon firmly displayed his determination to reclaim his IndyCar title with a dominant perfomance at Kansas. Andretti-Green Racing’s Tony Kanaan, fresh of his win in Japan, started on pole, but his lead only lasted 8 laps before Wheldon blasted past.

Wheldon’s only real challenge came from his Ganassi team mate Scott Dixon, who was hampered by a drive through penalty for entering the pit-lane too late and too agressively. Kanaan’s day was ruined by a pit-line collision between himself and team-mate Danica Patrick, the direct result of an inattentive crew member who waved Patrick out into the path of the oncoming Kanaan. 

Such was the strength of Wheldon’s dominance that he lapped everyone upto the 4th place car of Dixon.

The Top 10 finishers were:

1.  Dan Wheldon (Ganassi)
2.  Dario Franchitti (Andretti-Green)
3.  Helio Castroneves (Penske)
4.  Scott Dixon (Ganassi)
5.  Tomas Scheckter (Vision)
6.  Sam Hornish Jr.  (Penske)
7.  Danica Patrick (Andretti-Green)
8.  Vitor Meira (Panther)
9.  AJ Foyt IV  (Vision)

10.  Jeff Simmons (Rahal-Letterman)   

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