Charlie Kimball Wins at Mid-Ohio!

*  Charlie Kimball became the fourth first time winner in the Indycar series this year with a great drive at the Honda Indycar 200.
(the record for first time winners in a season is 5 in 1965)

*  Honda swept the top three spots with Simon Pagenaud and Dario Franchitti joining Kimball on the podium.

*  It was the 5th win in a row for Ganassi Racing at Mid-Ohio.

*  Rookie drivers James Davison and Luca Fillipi finished 15th and 16th driving in their very first Indycar race.

*  Helio Castroneves stretched out his championship points lead to 31 points over Scott Dixon.

The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

What's going on at Mid-Ohio?

 

* Ryan Hunter Reay won his third pole of the 2013 season and will start P1 in Sunday's Honda Indy 200.

* Another strong start to the weekend for Ganassi weekend with all three of their cars in the top 5.   The top 6 are Hunter-Reay, Will Power, Scott Dixon, Marco Andretti, Charlie Kimball and Dario Franchitti.

* Rookie Luca Fillipi (driving in his first ever Indycar race) had the fourth fastest lap in Group 1 qualifying but didn't advance because he had a minor crash which stopped the qualifying session.  Indycar rules state that if a driver causes a halt to a session he lose his fastest two laps.
He will start 24th.

* Another Indycar rookie, James Davison will start 17th driving in his first Indycar race.

* You can watch the Honda Indy 200 at Mid Ohio live on NBC Sports Network live at 3:00 today. 

*  Tune in to NBC Sports a little earlier at 2:00 to watch 20 year old Gabby Chaves start on his first pole at the Indy Lights Mid Ohio race. (The race takes place at noon today.)