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The New and Future Kings ; Jaques Lazier won the race but Sam Hornish Jr. won the title.(Brief Article)
On a picture-perfect day, the Indy Racing League showed off its future at the new Chicagoland Speedway. The ultra-smooth track lived up to its pre-race hype, third-year driver Jaques Lazier scored his first win and 22-year-old Sam Hornish Jr. won his first championship.
``I think this shows that every couple of years you need to break the trend [with drivers] and try something new,'' Hornish said. Hornish, of Defiance, Ohio, showered his Panther Racing crew members with water, not champagne, in victory lane. In the post-race news conference, he choked back tears trying to describe the satisfaction of being chosen to replace veteran Scott Goodyear at the end of last season.
Hornish proved team co-owner John Barnes a good eye of talent. In finishing second in the Delphi 300, Hornish built on what must be considered one of the most impressive seasons in racing history. He scored a podium finish for the ninth time in 12 starts, including two wins early in the season. And the other three races weren't shabby either: a fourth, a sixth and a 14th, the latter after spinning early in the Indy 500.
With a race to go, Hornish has led 10 races to tie Tony Stewart's 1997 mark. He ...
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