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Helio Gets Even in Richmond

Team Penske's Helio Castroneves said yesterday that Richmond International Raceway owes him a win. Today the circuit paid back

Castroneves, who started from second on the grid, took the lead of the race with 100 laps to go and never looked back. He won the fifth round of the 2005 season in commanding fashion, ahead of Dario Franchitti in second and Patrick Carpentier in third.

Pole sitter Sam Hornish Jr. retired from the race after two-third distance, having crashed into the wall on Turn 4. "It was driver error," Hornish said. "I was trying to push it too hard trying to get around Helio."

Reigning IRL champion Tony Kanaan had a rare streak of 25 race finishes come to an end, retiring for the first time since August 2003, after he made contact with Vitor Meira.

"I knew it was going to happen one day," Kanaan said. "So today was the day. We didn't start the weekend too good, so let's forget about it and go to Kansas."

Championship points leader Dan Wheldon finished in fifth position, with Texas winner Tomas Scheckter in fourth.

Pos  Driver              Make-Engine     Laps
 1.  Helio Castroneves   Dallara-Toyota   250
 2.  Dario Franchitti    Dallara-Honda    250
 3.  Patrick Carpentier  Dallara-Toyota   250
 4.  Tomas Scheckter     Dallara-Chevy    250
 5.  Dan Wheldon         Dallara-Honda    250
 6.  Alex Barron         Dallara-Toyota   250
 7.  Tomas Enge          Dallara-Chevy    249
 8.  Bryan Herta         Dallara-Honda    249
 9.  Kosuke Matsuura     Panoz-Honda      249
10.  Danica Patrick      Panoz-Honda      247
11.  Buddy Rice          Panoz-Honda      246
12.  Ed Carpenter        Dallara-Toyota   246
13.  Jimmy Kite          Dallara-Toyota   245
14.  A.J. Foyt IV        Dallara-Toyota   244
15.  Darren Manning      Panoz-Toyota     240
16.  Roger Yasukawa      Dallara-Honda    235
17.  Scott Sharp         Panoz-Honda      201
18.  Sam Hornish Jr.     Dallara-Toyota   164
19.  Tony Kanaan         Dallara-Honda    150
20.  Vitor Meira         Panoz-Honda      145
21.  Ryan Briscoe        Panoz-Toyota      88
22.  Scott Dixon         Panoz-Toyota      37

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