Another Canadian Wins Indy Car Race : Motor racing: Tracy zips to victory in Milwaukee 200, a week after countryman Villeneuve won Indianapolis 500.

Paul Tracy and Al Unser Jr., two drivers who would rather forget their experiences last month at Indianapolis, battled in match-race fashion Sunday on the Milwaukee Mile before Tracy won the Miller 200 Indy car race over his former teammate.

Tracy’s Lola-Ford Cosworth and Unser’s Penske-Mercedes, which had lapped the rest of the field before the halfway mark, traded the lead six times in a high-speed chase of 200 miles around the bumpy old track inside the Wisconsin State Fair Park. Tracy won in near-record speed of 137.304 m.p.h. by a margin of .846 seconds.

“I don’t like to finish second because you’re the first loser,” Unser said, “but after what happened last month at Indy, it was a great feeling to finish anywhere.”

Unser and his Penske teammate, Emerson Fittipaldi, had failed to qualify for the 500. Fittipaldi fared little better here, spinning out in the pits, smacking the retaining wall and breaking a wheel.

Third, a lap down, was Michael Andretti, Tracy’s Newman-Haas partner. Although only two cars were on the lead lap for the last 120 miles, 22 of the 26 starters were running at the finish.

“This was especially satisfying after the disappointment at Indy,” Tracy said. “I thought I was in contention to win last week and Michael was surely in a position to win, and then we left there with our tails between our legs. This proves we had a good package all the time.”

The big winner was Carl Haas, operator of the Milwaukee Mile track and owner of the cars driven by Tracy and Andretti. The turn-away crowd of 47,676 was the largest in the track’s Indy car history dating to 1933, and the victory was the fifth for Haas since he took over operation of the facility.

“Being the operator helps make the win all the more gratifying after coming off a particularly frustrating Indy,” Haas said between tugs on his foot-long trademark cigar. “Paul did a great job. It was one of the better drives I have seen him do.”

Tracy’s winning pass came 21 laps from the finish when Unser was boxed in behind the slower cars of Gil de Ferran and Stefan Johansson, enabling Tracy to cut through on the inside.

“We knew Paul would be tough to hold off when we both had light fuel loads,” Unser said. “We tried to build up a big lead on him, but we weren’t able to get away and Paul was able to capitalize on it when I got in heavy traffic.”

Last year, when Tracy also drove for Roger Penske, he finished third in Milwaukee when Unser led a 1-2-3 Penske sweep.

“It’s always satisfying to beat Penske cars, not because I drove for them but because they’re usually the ones to beat,” Tracy said.

Tracy’s victory continued the domination of Indy car racing by Canadians, coming a week after Jacques Villeneuve won the Indianapolis 500. Tracy and Villeneuve are also the only double winners after seven races this season.