Pole sitter Ryan Briscoe held off Danica Patrick to win the Firestone 550K at Texas Motor Speedway last Saturday night.

Marco Andretti finished third for the second consecutive race and New Zealand’s Scott Dixon, the 2008 race winner, finished fourth.

Briscoe had a late race dice with Patrick who continued her return to form after Indy.

“Danica got by us and I didn’t want to make any aggressive moves and block.” said Briscoe. “I gained some momentum on the next lap, used the push-to-pass and was able to pass her out of Turn 4 and into Turn 1. She gave us a real run for our money tonight. It was fun racing side-by-side with her.”

Dixon’s Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Dario Franchitti was fifth, ending the two-year streak of the Indianapolis 500 winner repeating at Texas the same year.

Helio Castroneves, who started fifth in the No. 3 Team Penske car and was the 2009 winner at Texas, exited on Lap 129 when he attempted to overtake the No. 32 KV Racing Technology car driven by Mario Moraes on the frontstretch.

Wheels touched and the cars spun, with Bertrand Baguette in the No. 36 Conquest Racing RACB car having nowhere to go but between the spinning cars. He didn’t fare so well. Castroneves was without radio communication with his spotter and the pit stand.

Simona De Silvestro suffered a minor burn on her right hand when the No. 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM Racing car made contact with the wall on the backstretch.

It was a tough weekend for Queensland driver Will Power who finished well down the field in 14th place.

“I was up at the front most of the night and finished out back. The Verizon car was good at front, but we struggled in traffic. Then we got out of sequence when we picked up some debris from a crashed car. We needed a yellow flag there at the end and just didn’t get it.” he said.

The 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season continues June 20 with the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer at Iowa Speedway. The race will be telecast live in High Definition in the USA at 1:30 p.m. (ET) by VERSUS.

Australian viewers can see the race on ESPN on pay TV.

The race will air live on the IMS Radio Network, XM channel 145 and Sirius channel 211. The race also will be carried on www.indycar.com.