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Franchitti avoids mistakes -- and there were many -- in wild Iowa race

By John Oreovicz
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, June 24, 2007

NEWTON, Iowa -- Maybe Tony George's original vision for the Indy Racing League wasn't so far off. Sunday's Iowa Corn Indy 250 at the new Iowa Speedway showed that the IRL founder wasn't wrong in believing there is indeed demand for open-wheel oval racing in America -- at least in the heartland. The IndyCar Series show played out before a packed house at the new 7/8-mile oval 40 miles east of Des Moines, and the estimated 40,000 enthusiastic fans on hand got their money's worth. Dario Franchi ...

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