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Pagenaud overcomes contact to win at Barber
- Updated: April 24, 2016
7:56 PM ET
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Simon Pagenaud led most of the way and overcame late contact with Graham Rahal to win at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday for his second straight IndyCar victory.
The Frenchman lost the lead briefly after contact with Rahal and was attempting to work past him outside on Turn 15. Rahal appeared to clip Jack Hawksworth, who was a lap down, and his left front wing fell onto the track. He managed to recover and hold off defending champion Josef Newgarden to finish second.
But Rahal couldn’t challenge Pagenaud again.
“I thought he (Hawksworth) was going to stay out and I just came across and just clipped him there,” Rahal said. “He was going to let us by.”
Points leader Pagenaud started on the pole and led 84 of the 90 laps …
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