Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!

Thirty years ago, a young man by the name of Rick Mears found his first victory in Indycar racing with hos car coasting across the finish line after running out of fuel finshing just ahead of Johnny Rutherford. Mears' win would be one of many with owner Roger Penske. Sunday, Penske would be in victory lane with a first time winner again as Australian Ryan Briscoe took victory in Milwaukee in a fierce duel with Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon. Of course Rick Mears was there guide the young driver along.

"He's the best observer I've ever talked to," Briscoe said. "He watched me in practice and talked about lines and traffic and things to keep my eye on. I really put a lot of that to use today, especially in the closing stages with Scott. Anything that Rick Mears says is invaluable. This one goes to him. It's been 30 years since Rick's first IndyCar win. I can't tell you how important it is to me to get my first IndyCar victory for him in this race."

The win would also be the 300th Indycar win for Penske Racing with Briscoe becoming the 15th different driver to take victory with the team. "It's pretty special," Briscoe said. "There are some pretty big names on that list. It would have been more difficult to live with not being a winner for Team Penske. It definitely feels good to get that first win."

The victory was not an easy drive for Briscoe either as he had to come from an 11th place starting spot and constantly had to work through traffic on the little one-mile track. Briscoe took the lead after the final round of pit stops with about 18 to go and never looked back. The race ended under caution as Ed Carpenter and pole-sitter Marco Andretti made contact with 3 laps to go and with no where to go Vitor Meria flew over Andretti's car.



Tony Kannan, Dan Wheldon and Helio Castroneves rounded out the top 5. Scott Dixon extends his points lead to 28 over Castroneves. The Indycar Series heads off to Texas Motor Speedway for a race on Saturday night.

Firestone Indy Lights update: Bobby Wilson took the win early Sunday in Milwaukee with Jeff Simmons finishing second. Richard Antinucci holds on to a 1 point lead over Dillon Battistini in the standings. The race will be televised on Thursday at 1 pm eastern on ESPN2. The series' next race is in Iowa on June 21st.

Briscoe clinches first Indycar win (Autosport.com)