Hornish wins Indy 300 on birthday celebration at Kansas Speedway
Sam Hornish Jr. captures his second straight IRL win to lead the season points chase as Dan Wheldon battles for the title. Hornish, who turned 27, held off Wheldon after a late restart with 17 laps to go in the Kansas Lottery Indy 300, with Helio Castroneves finishing sixth and Vitor Meira third.
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Homestead
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Vitor Meira
Meira
Robbie Buhl
Billy Boat
Scott Dixon
Tony Kanaan
Tomas Scheckter
Kosuke Matsuura
Marco Andretti
Jeff Simmons
IRL Eyes 2007 Schedule Shift To Kansas April Race
Indy Racing League weighs moving the Kansas Speedway race from July to April to boost visibility before the Indianapolis 500. President Brian Barnhart cites logistics with Motegi in Japan and St. Petersburg street race, plus NFL draft timing, as hurdles. Fan surveys favor moving due to heat, while ethanol fueling and Iowa Speedway expansion also factor into 2007 plans.
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Iowa Speedway
Stewart wins at Daytona despite fence climb incident
Tony Stewart dominates Daytona International Speedway by charging to the lead with two laps left in a race marked by late cautions. He celebrates by climbing the fence, but slips into the crowd and is helped out by crew and NASCAR officials. Stewart, who had a shoulder injury earlier, extends his season win total to two as he recovers from a rough stretch and edges Boris Said for the victory.
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No Americans left in Wimbledon quarterfinals
AP reports a historic Wimbledon moment with no American players in the quarterfinals for the first time since 1911. Shenny Perry fell to Elena Dementieva 6-2 6-0, ending U.S. hopes as Nadal, Murray and others advance in a day marked by heat and packed fourth-round schedules.
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Rafael Nadal
Andy Murray
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Jelena Jankovic
Serbia
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Dokie
Alexandra Stevenson
Sugiyama
Roger Federer
Tomas Berdych
Irakli Labadze
Lleyton Hewitt
David Ferrer
Mario Ancie
Novak Djokovic
Marcos Baghdatis
Radek Stepanek
Fernando Verdasco
Jarkko Nieminen
Dmitry Tursunov
Jonas Bjorkman
Max Mirnyi
Jankovic
Anastasia Myskin
Nicole Vaidisova
Li Na
American leads Tour de France after second stage
Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg AP The Tour de France began in Luxembourg with a flat stage favoring sprinters. American George Hincapie wore the yellow jersey for the first time in his 12-year career as 175 riders started the 137 mile leg. Danilo Di Luca did not race. Hincapie, amid doping suspicions affecting the field, positions himself as a top contender alongside Armstrong, LeMond and Zabriskie references.
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