Graham Rahal secured his first victory of the season in a thrilling race at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night, winning by just 0.0080 seconds from James Hinchcliffe. The race resumed after previously being red-flagged due to persistent rain on 12 June, with Hinchcliffe in the lead, with 71 of the scheduled 248 laps completed, and it was the Canadian who battled for the lead with Ryan Hunter-Reay in the early stages of the restart. Helio Castroneves and Ed Carpenter were involved in the tussle for the lead in the early stages, as Hunter-Reay dropped down the order with an unstable car, before a trio of caution periods affected the race. Scott Dixon clashed with Carpenter on lap 213,...
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