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Last SlideNext SlideMarc Marquez (93), center, celebrates on the podium with second-place finisher Jorge Lorenzo (99), left, and third-place finisher Valentino Rossi (46) after winning the Indianapolis MotoGP motorcycle race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, in Indianapolis.(Photo: Doug McSchooler/for The Star)Buy Photo
Story HighlightsStill unbeaten.
That's Marc Marquez while racing in MotoGP in U.S. races.
Today's victory in the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix was Marquez's seventh in this country in as many tries over the past three seasons. In April, he won the race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Marquez also remained perfect in three MotoGP starts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after holding off Jorge Lorenzo over the final three laps. Lorenzo had led the first 24 laps. He finished second.
The victory allowed Marquez, the champion of the past two seasons, to knock another nine points off Valentino Rossi's lead with eight races left. Rossi finished third after a stirring run from the No. 8 starting spot. Marquez has won the past two series races and has now won five in succession at IMS over two classes (two in Moto2, three in MotoGP).
Marquez, 22, has won 22 of his 46 MotoGP races since joining the series in 2013.
Lorenzo, who trailed Marquez at the finish by 0.688 seconds, drew within nine points of the championship lead.
Marquez crashed at the end of today's morning practice. He was not injured, but sparks flew as the Repsol Honda slid through Turn 10 (at the south end of Hulman Boulevard), a sure sign that the bike was damaged.
Marquez had just set quick time for the session.
That crash, along with a similar one by Lorenzo earlier in the session, opened the door for No. 2 starter Dani Pedrosa, who is Marquez's teammate, to win his third MotoGP race at IMS. But he didn't, finishing fourth.
Marquez's victory allowed him to become only the second winner of three consecutive IMS races. Michael Schumacher won four straight Formula One races at this facility (2003-06).
Marquez struggled through the first part of this MotoGP season, but all of a sudden he's back to dominating the field. Since switching back to last year's bike, he has finished second in The Netherlands, first in Germany and has the pole in Indianapolis.
"Since (the switch) I get last year's feeling back," he said.
"I like (the circuit) because it's different. It's slippery, and (the rear tire) is sliding all the time. That means it's not easy to find the limit, but normally all the tracks have really good grip."
The only U.S. rider in the field, 2006 series champion Nicky Hayden, finished 16th, one spot out of receiving points. He has scored only eight points in the season's first 10 races.
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