Charlie Kimball's maiden IZOD IndyCar Series victory in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was the fifth in a row for Chip Ganassi Racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and fourth in a row this season.

The streak is impressive, too, in that it's been accomplished on a 2.5-mile superspeedway (Pocono Raceway), temporary street course (Toronto, doubleheader) and a 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course (Mid-Ohio) by Scott Dixon and Kimball.

"When you're consistently running close to the top five you'll get podiums," Kimball said. "When you're (on the podium) every now and again, then you're going to pick up a win. And we have sort of taken that next step, not just me as a driver, but us as a team. I think we came into the weekend ready to win, and when the situation arose, we took advantage of that."

The team's record for consecutive victories is six from May 26 to July 19 during the 1998 CART season by Jimmy Vasser and Alex Zanardi, who went on to win seven races and the championship. Earlier that season, Zanardi won at Long Beach (starting 11th) and Vasser followed with a victory at Nazareth (starting fifth) three weeks later.

The '98 streak: