Dana wins IPS crash-fest

The 22-year-old Brazilian was leading the Milwaukee 100 by 17 seconds and poised to win his record fifth consecutive win when his car spun while entering pit road with 23 laps remaining. Paul Dana went on to win under yellow, and was one of just three cars rolling - just two of them on the lead lap - at the end of the event.

"We'll take them any way we can get them," said Dana, who scored his first win in the category.

It was the first win for Hemelgarn 91 Johnson Motorsports since Aaron Fike won at Pikes Peak International Raceway in June 2003. Meanwhile, it was the first loss for Medeiros and his Sam Schmidt Motorsports Infiniti-powered Dallara since Phil Giebler won the 2004 season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Since then, Medeiros had won four consecutive races and led 249 consecutive laps until his spin on the 75th lap of Sunday's race.

The race opened with just nine cars, three of which were taken out on the first turn when Billy Roe's car tailed off toward the wall and collected Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Leo Maia. "It was my fault," Roe said. "I just in too hard and pushed into him."

With three laps left, Jesse Mason and Brad Pollard crashed on the entry to pit road, bringing out the caution that ended the race.

"We were set up for the other end of the track and weren't concerned about the looseness of the [fourth] corner," Mason said. "It nuked Brad, and it nuked me."

When asked why the race was such a mess, Dana replied: "One-hundred laps of Silver Crown rubber." The USAC National Midget Series and Silver Crown Series raced Saturday at the track, and a 30-minute practice session Sunday morning for IRL IndyCar Series cars wasn't enough to clean off the track.

Ironically, dirt-track specialist PJ Chesson finished second, while Al Unser (a lap down) finished third. The remaining six cars were either wrecked or broken, leaving most teams just six repair days before next weekend's race at Michigan International Speedway. Medeiros continues to lead the Infiniti Pro Series standings by 76 over Dana.