Scott Dixon saw his fifth victory of the season today following the Rexall Edmonton Indy in Alberta, Canada. This victory extended his championship lead to 65 points over second place driver, Helio Castroneves. Castroneves on the other hand, managed to come home with yet another second place finish. That marks his sixth runner-up finish this year alone.

Edmonton also marked the return of open-wheel veteran Paul Tracy. Following the end of the former Champ Car World Series, the driver has faced troubles in securing himself a ride. Though today’s race was only his second IndyCar Series start, he has in fact amassed the most wins of any active driver in open-wheel racing today, with 31 race wins.

Perhaps his fourth place finish will help secure him a seat for future races.

The Top-5 finishers of the Rexall Edmonton Indy were as follows:

1. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Justin Wilson
4. Paul Tracy
5. Oriol Servia

Today’s qualifying sessions for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters were cut short because of a torrential downpour. It was following the cleanup for Mike Rockenfeller’s accident that officials decided not to continue with the qualifying sessions for safety reasons. The call was made during the second of the three scheduled qualifying sessions.

By DTM rules, the starting grid for Sunday’s race will use the results from the first qualifying heat. This means that Tom Kristensen will be starting from the pole position at Nurburgring.

“Indeed, it is a little bit strange to be on pole after such a qualifying,” Kristensen said once the qualifying sessions were officially announced as over. “But that is what the rules are like.”

The top qualifiers included:

1. Tom Kristensen
2. Mike Rockenfeller
3. Martin Tomczyk
4. Gary Paffett
5. Mattias Ekstrom

Johnny Benson won the Power Stroke Diesel 200 presented by AAA Hoosier Insurance, beating out Ron Hornaday who lead the most laps of the race. This was Benson’s second straight NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his third victory of the season. The highest placing rookie was Donny Lia who finished ninth.

The race, which was held at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, saw a record-tying 11 cautions, which resulted in several cars not finishing the event. Unable to return to the track after their accidents were Johnny Chapman, Chad McCumbee, Justin Marks and Brian Scott.

Derrike Cope Inc. also had a rough day with both cars falling out of the race early – Derrike Cope himself leaving the race after just nine laps with power steering issues. Fellow Derrike Cope Inc. driver Nick Tucker made an additional ten laps before his day ended with engine troubles.

The Top-5 finishers were:

1. Johnny Benson
2. Ron Hornaday
3. Erik Darnell
4. Matt Crafton
5. Shelby Howard