Andretti Outduels Rahal

All Michael Andretti needed to make himself well was a dose of the Toronto Molson Indy.

Andretti, mired in bad luck and bad results through the first 10 races of the season, outdueled Bobby Rahal to take his first victory since last year’s race on Toronto’s 1.78-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit.

Andretti saw his lead over Rahal bounce between 2-1/2 seconds and one-tenth of a second over the last 30 laps of the 98-lap event.

But Rahal, a three-time series champion and 1986 Toronto winner, couldn’t quite run down Andretti’s Lola-Ford. The final margin was just 0.425-seconds, about three car-lengths. The winner averaged 94.787 mph.