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JOHN KEKIS, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
06-04-2006
Dateline: WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.


Scott Dixon celebrates after winning the IRL Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix auto race at Watkins Glen International Road Course in Watkins Glen, N.Y., Sunday, June 4, 2006. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Scott Dixon won a slippery battle of attrition at Watkins Glen International, holding off Vitor Meira and Ryan Briscoe in a one-lap shootout Sunday to capture the IRL Indy Grand Prix for the second straight year.

The ugly, ever-changing weather _ showers came and went all day and temperatures were in the mid-50s _ made the fifth race of the 14-race IRL season a guessing game right from the start. Drivers switched back and ...

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