By Elisabeth Rae Collett
After 85 laps around the street course here in Toronto, the driver wth the fastest time is Dario Franchitti!!!
In the top five are Franchitti, Briscoe, Power, Dixon and Wilson. Danica Patrick is sixth and Alex Tagliani is ninth. My two faves, Patrick and 'the underdog' hit the top ten - I think I should buy a lottery ticket tonight. ;)
Here are the official results:
- Dario Franchitti, car #10, of Target Chip Ganassi Racing (53 points in Toronto, 347 points in the IndyCar Series, 1st in IndyCar Series standings)
- Ryan Briscoe, car #6, of Team Penske (40 points in Toronto, 334 points in the IndyCar Series overall, 3rd in IndyCar Series standings)
- Will Power, car #12, of Penske Racing (35 points in Toronto, 134 points in the IndyCar Series, 19th in IndyCar Series standings)
- Scott Dixon, car #9, of Target Chip Ganassi Racing (32 points in Toronto, 345 points in the IndyCar Series, 2nd in IndyCar Series standings)
- Justin Wilson, car #18, of Dale Coyne Racing (30 points in Toronto, 217 points in the IndyCar Series, 9th in IndyCar Series standings)
Danica Patrick, car #7, of Andretti Green Racing came in 6th today and is 5th in the IndyCar Series standings.
It was a rough weekend with weather and crashes, as the Toronto street course really gives a good punch, but that doesn't take anything away from the experience.
"You definitely have to be aggressive on street courses, and today we were," said Danica Patrick in an interview this afternoon. "We started in the back of the field and fought our way up to the front."
It's unfortunate that Paul Tracy didn't make it through to the end of the race. Seven other cars also did not finish the race, including Helio Castroneves, who took out Tracy.
"I thought I had given (Paul Tracy) enough room to get by but we got together and that was it," Castroneves said in an interview with reporters right after the crash. "It's too bad...if there's one guy that I didn't want that to happen with, it's PT, especially here in Canada. I feel bad for the fans. They were great and I still love Toronto."
The cars are parked now and a crowd has taken over the track in excitement, cheering for Franchitti and all the other drivers.

Now, we're all just waiting now for the podium to be driven onto the track.