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Hornish fends off Kanaan, Patrick in Texas shootout

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Saturday, June 9, 2007

FORT WORTH, Texas -- It wasn't Dan Wheldon who Danica Patrick was battling at the end. Patrick was fighting to win. The Texas Motor Speedway crowd of 86,000 was standing and screaming, hoping to see Patrick earn her first victory in the Bombardier Learjet 550. Close, but not quite. Sam Hornish Jr. held off Tony Kanaan and Patrick in a three-car show for a dramatic final 10 laps. Patrick finished a career-best third, a few feet behind Andretti Green teammate Kanaan. Neither of them could catc ...

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