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Danica quiets her critics with landmark victory in Japan

By John Oreovicz
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, April 19, 2008

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The final weekend in which American open-wheel racing is split into two entities certainly started with a bang. With a third of the IndyCar field watching from Long Beach, where the Champ Car World Series is gathered for its grand finale, Danica Patrick scored her long-awaited first IndyCar Series victory. She claimed the rain-delayed Japan Indy 300 by 5.86 seconds over Helio Castroneves and Scott Dixon. Patrick led only three of 200 laps, and she certainly didn't have ...

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