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Podium: race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, second place Oriol Servia, Newman/Haas Rac

NEW HAMPSHIRE RESULTS UPHELD; NEWMAN/HAAS RACING, TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING PROTESTS DENIED

Podium: race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, second place Oriol Servia, Newman/Haas Racing, third place Scott Dixon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

Podium: race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, second place Oriol Servia, Newman/Haas Racing, third place Scott Dixon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

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INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 24, 2011) - INDYCAR announced today that the top three finishing positions of the Aug. 14 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway were upheld during a protest hearing Aug. 23 in Indianapolis.

The hearing was conducted by a panel consisting of Jerry Gappens, Rollie Helmling and Jeff Stoops. As Senior Official and pursuant to IZOD IndyCar Series Rule 12.4, INDYCAR President of Competition and Operations Brian Barnhart elected to have a panel resolve the protests filed by Newman/Haas Racing and Target Chip Ganassi Racing.

The protests were denied based on these grounds, according to a signed statement from the panel:

"After hearing the excellent presentations by each of the participants in the protest hearing and after reviewing and being sympathetic with each of their positions, the Protest Panel was unanimous in its decision. It is this Protest Panel's conclusion that INDYCAR Senior Official Brian Barnhart had the authority under the governing 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series rulebook to render the decision that was made. We also agree that his decision to abort the restart and set the finishing positions that existed before the attempted restart to be an exercise of reasonable discretion. The protests as to Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, Inc. d/b/a Target Chip Ganassi Racing car number 9 and Newman/Haas Racing, LLC car number 2 are hereby denied."

Per Rule 13.1 of the IZOD IndyCar Series rulebook, the decision may be appealed by 5 p.m. (ET) of the second business day following the release of the decision.

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