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Dixon and Hornish now battling for 1st; Wheldon back just a bit, Patrick now trying to reel the Brit in.................

Kanaan passes Patrick for 4th; Hornish still leading...............

Top-5 at lap 108.............Hornish, Dixon, Wheldon, Kanaan and Patrick

Passing lap 110...............top-5 still unchanged, Hornish, Dixon, Wheldon, Kanaan and Patrick; cars starting to spread out a little bit

Race control reporting that Scheckter is preparing to resume the race; granted, he's 25 laps down at the moment, but with no appearable damage, he should be back out(I'm guessing he'll finish anywhere from 17th-19th)

Meira passing Carpenter for 8th; Carpenter back to 9th.............

Passing halfway; Hornish still leading, Dixon in tow

P1-P6 separated by 9/10th's of a second!

Hornish still leading, Dixon 2nd..........Wheldon, Kanaan and Patrick in 3-4-5

Passing lap 121................top-5 still unchanged

Carpenter drops to 10th as Sharp passes him.........top-5 still unchanged, passing lap 123

P1-P7 separated by 1.2 seconds!!

Top-5 still unchanged............

Castroneves trying to get around Patrick; can't make the pass stick........Patrick still 5th; Hornish remains the class of the field at the moment, Wheldon and Dixon in lock-step

Hornish loses the lead! One of the back markers got in front of them(looked like Duno........ ) and Wheldon and Dixon said, "Thank you!" as they passed him

the top 6 or 7 cars have separated into two distinct groups; Dixon, Wheldon and Hornish in one group, with Kanaan, Patrick and Castroneves in a second group

Marco slows down......way down! Pulls to the low-side; could we be looking at his 6th DNF in 7 races..............

Castroneves still trying to pass Patrick; Patrick's hugging the low-line around the corners, holding him off for 5th

Andretti reporting that he has lost 5th and 6th gear; he's hitting the rev limiter in 4th gear........

Teams up-n'-down pit road getting ready for a third round of stops(again, the pit windows around 45-50 laps, so expect stops any moment...)

Hornish pits; Dixon assumes the lead................

Castroneves and Carpenter pitting...................

Now most of the front-runners pitting for fuel and tires; Andretti now limps in, still unable to use 5th and 6th gear

Simmons now assumes the lead; Patrick and Meira now in.........qtr-turn of front wing for Patrick

Simmons hasn't pitted, so expect him in soon................