Hunter-Reay wins wild IndyCar race in Iowa

Ryan Hunter-Reay passed Scott Dixon with 12 laps to go and held on to win for the second straight week in a wild IndyCar Series race that ended under caution Saturday night.Hunter-Reay, the winner last week at the Milwaukee Mile, moved to second in the season standings with his seventh career IndyCar victory. The victory was Andretti Autosports fourth in six races in Iowa.Teammate Marco Andretti was second, followed by Tony Kanaan and Dixon. Andretti won last year on the 0.875-mile (1.41-kilometer) oval.Ten of the 25 cars failed to finish and included pole sitter Dario Franchitti, who was knocked out after his engine blew before the green flag dropped a blow that could cripple his shot at a fourth straight series title.Points leader Will Power retired just 68 laps in after E.J. Viso hit him from behind.Powers lead dwindled to three points.James Hinchcliffe, who entered the race second in the points chase, caught the wall and didnt finish either.A race delayed for 45 minutes by storms and marked by a series of early incidents seemed to finally become clear with 71 laps to go.Predictably, it didnt last long.Leader Ryan Briscoe drifted down to the apron in the final corner because he was going in for tires. But in nearly the same spot where Power and Viso got collected, Briscoe was hit by rookie Josef Newgarden.Hes come from way too far back there. Its too late in the corner to make a pass like that, Briscoe said. Hes a rookie and hell learn from it. Its a shame because I think on fuel we were in position to win the thing.Franchitti had arguably run better than anyone in his four starts at Iowa.On Saturday night, he could barely get started.Franchitti won here in 2007 and 2009 and took the pole Friday after winning the last of three qualifying heats. But Franchitti said the same engine that he used to win the Indianapolis 500 with in May was off from the beginning.Franchittis car started smoking on the backstretch and was quickly towed off the track.It was making a very strange noise, Franchitti said. Real disappointing.Its the first time Franchitti has failed to finish back-to-back races since the last event of 2004 and the first one of 2005. It wouldnt be long before Power would join Franchitti in the paddock.Power was just above Viso on the bottom of the track when Viso caught the back of Powers No. 12 car. Viso quickly accused Power of blocking him, just two weeks after Power was penalized for blocking Tony Kanaan, Visos KV Racing teammate, in Texas.He just blocked me, blocked me and you know I couldnt go any lower, Viso said. He just kept going and I had nowhere to go. This is not an issue of Will that we used to know, by being clean. This is the second race in a row that he affected somebody on my team. Its very disappointing.To his credit, Power acknowledged his mistake upon seeing the replay for the first time.Oh (bleep), oh I see. I did not even get the call that he was underneath me. So I feel, man, I didnt even know he was there. I feel bad for him, Power said. I cant believe (it.) So thats what happened, like he hit me.Viso also displayed his displeasure with Power by hopping out of the cock pit and gesturing the Australians way. By then Franchitti had made his way to the NBC Sports broadcast booth, where he took a shot at Viso.Its a little rich coming from E.J. Hes hit everything but the pace car, Franchitti said.