Dario Franchitti celebrates in victory lane after winning the Milwaukee 225 on Sunday in the return of IndyCar racing to the Milwaukee Mile after a one-year absence.
West Allis - Ultimately the problem took care of itself Sunday, not that it mattered to Dario Franchitti.
He was perfectly happy to try to win the Milwaukee 225 outright, to run down Helio Castroneves and pass him wheel-to-wheel if that's what it took.
Instead the race fell back into Franchitti's lap. That happens.
"I was still so spitting mad from what Helio did on that restart, I was doing all I could to get up to him and past Tony (Kanaan) as well," Franchitti said after scoring his second IndyCar Series victory at the Milwaukee Mile.
What Castroneves had done, in Franchitti's mind, was throw a block on a Lap 176 restart that would make the Green Bay Packers' offensive line proud.
But a flat tire cost Castroneves his lead and a rare mistake doomed Kanaan, and suddenly the race was back in the hands of Franchitti, who had set the pace for most of the day.
"Anyway, just a great job by the Target team again, in the pits, and with the strategy, and you know, just typical Milwaukee though, working on traffic all day," Franchitti said.
"Great to be racing back here at Milwaukee Mile."
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