European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 38 stars and stripes july 2007 Franchitti cruises to second straight win Points Leader sets irl record for laps led by Hank Kurz the associated press Dario Franchitti Learned very Early sat urday night that some bold changes made to his car had paid at the he was almost teas ing his coasting around and saving fuel As they slowly closed turns they never really had a Franchitti led All but nine laps to set a record for dominance in the indy car series and got help from a fuel saving caution to pull away one last time and give the series Points Leader his first Victory at Richmond International at the Start of the Sun Trust indy we didst know what we Franchitti because his team had made adjustments on his car after it was slow in we took off at the Start and i was pretty pleased with it was just the after losing the Lead on a Cau he quickly regained it from Andretti Green racing teammate Tony Kanaan on the restart and leading 241 of 250 the restart jump told him All he needed to that when i really knew the car was he whose position in the standings got him the top Start ing spot when Friday nights qualifying was rained won his Sec Ond race in a Row and posted his eighth consecutive to five he was followed across the finish line by target Chip Ganassi Rac ing teammates Scott Dixon and Dan and then it helped Franchitti that Sam Hornish created a Buffer of sorts Between him and his closest challengers in the final 80 Hornish had fallen Back Early in the race and spent the night with a fast desperate to recover to the Chagrin of we probably would have had Massa finish 12 in France the associated press Magny France Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa gave Ferrari a sweep of the top two places at the French grand prix on ending Mclaren winning Streak at three formula one who also captured the season opening australian grand won his second race this year and the Lith of his Ca reer after starting third on the the finn finished the circuit in 1 30 min a was nearly 2 Viz seconds Lewis Hamilton was third for 32 seconds behind the a briton who won the previous two races in Canada and the now has eight straight to three finishes in his Rookie Al season two four seconds and two thirds to Lead the Drivers standings with 64 i dont like being it is the first race i was Hamilton but the fact is i finished on the podium i extended my Lead in the Champion so i  be Robert who survived a crash at the Canadian grand prix and missed the subsequent took fourth for by Saub Kubica was cleared to race thursday after hurting his ankle when he crashed hard into two Walls in it was the first Ferrari Victory since Massa won at Spain in racing Roundup last Michael Schumacher and Massa led a Ferrari 12 finish in qualifying and the French Lascar Busch at not even some Clever pit strategy could derail Kevin har Matt Kenseth used a late but it took Harvick just a Lap to retake the and he held off Carl Edwards by seconds to win saturdays camping world following the Lascar officials found Edwards car to have an unapproved right rear for now his result re no penalties will be announced until this Harvick starting from the pole and leading All but 29 of 200 its his second Lascar Busch series win of the 28th of his career and first at new Hampshire International craftsman truck at Travis Kvapil repeatedly apologized for spinning Bradke Selowsky on the Way to taking the Lead for Good in the Oreilly not that Kvapil expected his contrite words to make Keselowski feel Kvapil passed Keselowski after bumping taking the Lead with eight laps to go and pulling away on the restart to win his Sec Ond race in three weeks saturday a shot at Franchitti if it want for Sam sort of trying to get a Lap Back when he was three laps Dixon said of whose Speed at the end made him an imposing obstacle to any efforts to catch that was the time we needed to get Dixon Franchitti said it didst matter i Haven thanked him he said of if Scott wants to look at the hell see that Sam gave me a pretty hard time the stint before and also to Ward the end of the i dont think Sam was in any Way trying to help me he even when Scott did Clear i dont think he was Quick after building a big Lead on the restart with 80 laps to he he was lifting off the throttle on the Straightaway with an Eye on his shrinking once his team said his fuel would he pulled away with ease Steve Dario Franchitti celebrates in Victory Lane with his team after winning the indy car series Sun Trust indy Challenge race at the Richmond International raceway in on Ettli hopping restaurants personal services Beauty health and much More