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Battistini takes Indy Lights win number four at KentuckyThe Ewell, England, racer won for the fourth time - all on ovals by a mere 0.0814 from James Davison in the Kentucky 100 at Kentucky Speedway. The victory also moved Battistini to third (tied with Arie Luyendyk Jr., 57 points off the lead) in the championship standings with three races remaining.
Richard Antinucci, who gained six positions to finish fourth, takes a four-point advantage over Raphael Matos to the doubleheader race weekend at Infineon Raceway in two weeks. Matos, who started from the pole finished sixth. Ana Beatriz led Lap 1 bit from then on it was all Battistini. "I knew it was going to be hard to pass on this track," he said. "I have to admit, Matos was really strong in qualifying and practice throughout the weekend. I knew there was a chance at getting him at the start, and luckily I pulled that off and was able to hang on. I still had to fight off some really strong competition. Luckily, we were strong enough to hang on to the lead." Battistini's final obstacle was a Lap 61 restart. He led Davison, by 0.1064 of a second on Lap 65. "I think we definitely deserved to be up there," said Davison, who recorded his best finish on an oval in his rookie season. "A strong oval finish has been important to me and that hasn't been something I've been able to do so far this season for one reason or the other. I could have maybe taken a bit of chance by jumping Dillon on the restart, but I didn't want to end up losing a position, so we held on to a safe second." Luyendyk finished third, while Battistini's team mate, Brent Sherman, finished fifth and Sean Guthrie was seventh. He started 16th. Beatriz was running in the top five before her car and the car driven by J.R. Hildebrand touched tires, sending both into the infield grass. Both cars emerged to finish the race, with Beatriz losing valuable points in the championship race with a 16th place. Matos was pleased with holding firm in the title race. "I finished sixth and Antinucci finished fourth," he said. "The good thing is that I am only four points behind and there are still plenty of races and we can improve and are real quick on the road courses and we are still in the fight for the championship. I feel great about going into the next couple of races. We have been doing good everywhere and on the road courses so Chicago should be good for us as well." Published 11/08/2008 07:58 Latest News Indy LightsIndy Lights: Davey Hamilton to launch own team - 04/02 - 17:21
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