Marco Andretti wins in Iowa

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    Five years after Marco Andretti earned his first career victory as a promising rookie with a famous last name, his winless drought is over.

    Andretti grabbed the lead from former teammate Tony Kanaan with 18 laps left and won Saturday night's IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway, his first victory since 2006.

    Kanaan, who won last year's race at Iowa's .875-mile oval, made one final run at Andretti through the bottom of a turn. But Andretti went high, blew past Kanaan and hung on for his second career win, the other coming at the road course at Infineon 78 starts ago.

    "All I've gained is experience. We've been in position to win a lot of races. We've come up short. It's more, I think, relieved is the word. I've never doubted the team. I've never doubted myself," Andretti said. "I always said as soon as the stars were aligned and a little bit of luck goes my way that we'd be sitting here."

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