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Passing halfway as they display the crossed greens.................awaiting the restart

1 lap to green...............

Back to racing; Dixon got a great restart entering turn 1.............

Viso tries to make a pass underneath Scheckter entering turn 1 but Scheckter slams the door on him...................

Top-5 after 163 laps
Dixon, Franchitti, Rahal, Mutoh, Patrick

Even with the most recent caution, if both Mutoh and Patrick play their next stops to perfection, they could find themselves, to quote Speed's Steve Matchett, "in the pound seats" come late in the race.................

And I thought I was cynical.......quoting Curt Cavin's Twitter feed..................

This race is over. It will be either Dixon or Dario.

There's still over 100 laps left, Curt!

Of the top-5 at the moment, Mutoh and Patrick will be the first to make their final round of stops.........however, Patrick went 7 more laps than Mutoh on that first stint

The big risk is that a caution comes out during their stops; should that happen, their chances of winning tonight go right out the window..............

Approaching 200 laps
Top-5: Dixon, Franchitti, Rahal, Mutoh, Patrick

Race control reporting the #7 and #27 should make their final round of stops within the next 10-15 laps

Mutoh pits from 4th.............he should cycle back out around 16th or 17th

Rahal and Moraes touched wheels in turn 2 and nearly crashed.................

Race control reporting the #7 team is laying out tires for her final stop of the night...............Patrick pits from 4th

There is one factor that could keep either Mutoh and/or Patrick from winning tonight...............even though everyone else will have to stop, they won't have to take as much fuel as Mutoh or Patrick did

Bobby D pits; so does Matos................