Will Power kept Penske Racing perfect this season by picking
his way through the field at Long Beach to win his second
consecutive IndyCar Series race.
Helio Castroneves used a bold pass of Scott Dixon to win the
IndyCar season opener through the streets of St. Petersburg,
where he celebrated with a tribute to the late Dan Wheldon.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won a dramatic Formula One
Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, giving the Italian team one
of its more unlikely victories in its long history.
Ferrari's dour preseason has undermined the Italian team's
Formula One title hopes, and will likely leave a frustrated
Fernando Alonso in Red Bull's rearview mirror again.
Defending Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart made a bold move
to take the lead on a late restart and held off Jimmie
Johnson for a redemptive win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on
Sunday.
Denny Hamlin took the lead on a restart and had to sweat out
his fuel mileage over the final few laps to win at Phoenix
International Raceway on Sunday.
Rubens Barrichello is bringing his Formula One experience to
IndyCar in 2012, and the veteran Brazilian driver can't wait
to start his rookie season in the series.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. left Daytona frustrated and furious last
July. One of his favourite tracks, the place forever linked
to his family name, had become a bore.
