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AUTO RACING
Wilson Wins At Watkins Glen
Justin Wilson passed pole sitter Ryan Briscoe early, then dominated the IndyCar Series race yesterday at Watkins Glen International to give team owner Dale Coyne his first victory after 25 years of trying.
Penske and Target Chip Ganassi drivers had won the previous eight races this season, 10 straight and 15 of 16 dating from last year. Coyne's victory came in his 558th entry as an owner-driver.
"It took too long," Coyne said smiling in his pit stall.
It was Wilson's second IndyCar win. His first came at Detroit on Labor Day weekend last year, making him the only driver to break through against the Penske and Ganassi juggernaut in that span.
Wilson started on the front row of the Camping World Grand Prix alongside Briscoe and had the strongest car from the outset. He attempted to pass Briscoe in the sweeping, high-speed esses on the second lap and failed.
Briscoe was warned for blocking and Wilson slipped past him on the next lap in the same place and went on to lead nearly the entire race.
After the final full sequence of pit stops was completed with 15 laps remaining, Wilson regained the lead by two seconds over Briscoe. Hideki Mutoh brought out the fourth caution of the race with seven laps remaining to give Briscoe one final chance, but he was no match for Wilson and his sticky red tires, losing by nearly five seconds.
Ganassi's Scott Dixon was third, followed by Penske's Helio Castroneves and Marco Andretti. Series points leader Dario Franchitti was involved in an early crash and finished 15th. That dropped him into a second-place tie with Briscoe and Franchitti, 19 points behind Dixon.
SOCCER
Guadeloupe Triumphs
Loic Loval had a goal and an assist and David Fleurival also scored to lead Guadeloupe past Panama, 2-1, in the Gold Cup opener for both clubs in Oakland, Calif.
Panama's next game is Thursday against Mexico, which defeated Nicaragua, 2-0, in its match yesterday. Luis Miguel Noriega scored on a penalty kick in the 45th minute and Pablo Barrera, a second-half substitute, added a goal in the 86th minute.
