The Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ohio - Paul Tracy decisively ended his frustration at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Tracy dominated Sunday's Champ Car Grand Prix, losing the lead only on pit stops in winning his career-best sixth race of the year and first at Mid-Ohio, where he had finished second four times in 10 previous CART appearances.

Tracy's fellow Canadian and teammate, Patrick Carpentier, finished second.

"Finishing one-two feels really great, especially heading to Montreal, where we'll try to make it three-for-three in Canada," Tracy said of CART's next race in two weeks.

IRL: Helio Castroneves did it the old-fashioned way Sunday: He drove without any cockpit electronics to win the Emerson Indy 250 and end his 20-race winless streak.

"It's like flying in a plane without instruments," said Castroneves, who finally got a chance to be Spiderman again, climbing the fence as the crowd cheered after the victory.

It was his fifth Indy Racing League victory, including the 2001 Indy 500 when he was still a regular in the rival CART Champ Car series.