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Comeback drive: Briscoe fought back for third place.

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Australian Ryan Briscoe has continued his good run of form by finishing third at Fort Worth in the IndyCar shootout at the weekend.

The Team Penske driver fought back from a driver through penalty that put him a lap down and then later needed his nose cone replaced after a he tapped the back of a driver who slowed suddenly.

Kiwi driver Scot Dixon won the race from Helio Castroneves after a collision between Marco Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay which meant it finished under pace car conditions.

Australian Will Power managed to make it through the race without incident and finished 13^th.

Briscoe’s result means he holds onto fifth in the standings, while Power is 11^th in the title chase.

Briscoe missed his pit box on his first stop, which resulted in the drive-through penalty under green conditions.

He said, that left him with quite a task.

“It was tough, let me tell you, but it was also fun coming through the field,” Briscoe said.

Power was happy with his result.

“We learned a lot about the Aussie Vineyards Team Australia car and I finished a race on a mile and a half oval,” Power said.
“It was a crazy race. I had to dodge a couple of bullets when people went in the wall, but it was good fun and the Aussie Vineyards - Team Australia crew is getting the hang of these ovals, so that’s the main thing.”

The IndyCar series takes a week off before resuming June 22 at Iowa Speedway.

Texas Race result

1 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running

2 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running

3 Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running

4 Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running

5 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running

6 Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running

7 Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 227, Running

8 Buddy Rice, Dallara-Honda, 227, Running

9 Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 227, Running

10 Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 227, Running

11 Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 227, Running

12 A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Honda, 226, Running

13 Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 226, Running

14 EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 226, Running

15 Bruno Junqueira, Dallara-Honda, 226, Running

16 John Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 226, Running

17 Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 226, Running

18 Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 223, Running

19 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 222, Contact

20 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 222, Contact

21 Mario Dominguez, Dallara-Honda, 222, Running

22 Marty Roth, Dallara-Honda, 221, Running

23 Enrique Bernoldi, Dallara-Honda, 210, Contact

24 Jaime Camara, Dallara-Honda, 210, Running

25 Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 56, Contact

26 Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 47, Contact

27 Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 39, Contact

28 Darren Manning, Dallara-Honda, 19, Mechanical