Dani Pedrosa claims victory at Indy

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  1. truebluefan

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    There was a brief celebration Sunday when Dani Pedrosa finished his first Indianapolis MotoGP victory, then everyone went back to mourning the loss of the youngest rider ever killed at the historic track.

    At just about the time Pedrosa passed pole-winner Ben Spies for the lead, speedway officials confirmed that 13-year-old Peter Lenz had died in a crash. Pedrosa went on to beat Spies by 3.575 seconds for his career-best third victory of the season, emerging from a field of 17 riders still shaken by the earlier accident.

    Spies said Colin Edwards was close to Lenz.

    "I could see it crushed Colin pretty bad before the race," Spies said. "I told myself before the race I was riding my heart out for him today."

    The motivated American rookie still couldn't hold off the hard-charging Pedrosa, but Spies' second-place finish was a career best.

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