ryan briscoe,winner of the nikon INDY 300 in 2008 driving his team penske motor racing car on the surfers paradise track,

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Ryan Briscoe won the Indy 300 on Sunday, taking the lead when fellow Australian and pole sitter Will Power crashed out on the 17th lap. Team Penske's Briscoe finished the 60-lap race on the , 14-turn temporary street circuit .5019 seconds ahead of Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon of New Zealand. American Ryan Hunter-Reay was thirdBriscoe became the first Australian driver to win the race. It was the third year in a row that Team Australia's Power, who is from the nearby Queensland state city of Toowoomba, won the pole but failed to finish the race. He clipped the wall, damaging his suspension, then hit the next concrete barrier and was out of the race. Only three pole sitters have won in the 18-year history of the Australian race — Nigel Mansell in 1993, Jimmy Vasser in 1996 and Dario Franchitti in 1999.

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