Briscoe wins on the wire

The Kentucky Speedway offered two hundred laps to decide between the drivers and, in the end, Ryan Briscoe beat Ed Carpenter by 16 thousandths! The show seems to be back more twice than once Indycar, which offered new aerodynamic features and the introduction of “push to pass”. This is how the first part of the race saw Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe exchange the leading position several times. Later, it was Ed Carpenter who joined the fight, taking the lead after 136 laps.

A quarter of an hour from the end of the race, Carpenter and Briscoe found themselves neck and neck for the final victory, constantly overtaking each other. Not far from there, Tony Kanaan and Helio Castroneves remained in ambush to take advantage of a possible error by the two pilots. But the leading men were able to maintain the advantage, without being able to give any clue as to the final winner, Carpenter and Briscoe being, most of the time, side by side. During the final laps, Ryan Briscoe kept a slim advantage but Carpenter constantly kept up with him. Entering the final straight of the race, Carpenter seemed to be in the lead but a final turn of the wheel from Briscoe, to return to the inside, allowed him to get back in front. At the end of 200 laps, the Australian obtained victory, leaving Carpenter behind him? just 16 thousandths, the eleventh smallest gap in Indycar history. Without doubt, the changes made to the regulations are bearing fruit for more spectacle. And, by winning, Ryan Briscoe took back the reins of the championship, with only five races remaining before the end of the season.