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Indianapolis - Spain's Dani Pedrosa passed pole winner Ben Spies on the eighth lap of the Indianapolis MotoGP and pulled away for his third victory of the season Sunday.

Pedrosa, the 2009 pole winner, crashed early in last year's race and never had a chance.

This time, he made it look easy. He beat Spies, the American rookie, by 3.575 seconds. Points leader Jorge Lorenzo, the other Spaniard, was third for his worst finish of the season.

Pedrosa has won a career-high three times this season.

The day's biggest race was overshadowed by news that 13-year-old Peter Lenz had died after crashing and being run over by another motorcycle in the first race of the day.

Results from the Indianapolis Motorcycle Grand Prix:

MotoGP

1. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 118.048km is 47min, 31.615 secs
2. Ben Spies (USA/Yamaha) at 0:3.575 secs
3. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 0:6.812
4. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 0:12.633
5. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Honda) 0:21.885
6. Nicky Hayden (USA/Ducati) 0:35.138
7. Marco Simoncelli (ITA/Honda) 0:36.740
8. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Suzuki) 0:36.740
9. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Ducati) 0:44.905
10. Hector Barbera (ESP/Ducati) 0:51.368.

Overall standings (after 11 races)

1. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yahama) 251 points
2. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 183
3. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Honda) 126
4. Casey Stoner (AUS/Ducati) 119
5. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yahama) 114
6. Ben Spies (USA/Yamaha) 110
7. Nicky Hayden (USA/Ducati) 109
8. Randy DePuniet (FRA/Honda) 78
9. Marco Simoncelli (ITA/Honda) 63
10. Marco Melanri (ITA/Honda) 61

Moto 2

1. Toni Elias (ESP/Aprilia) 71.672 km in 30 minutes, 27.480 seconds
2. Julian Simon (ESP/Suter) at 0.405
3. Scott Redding (GBR/Suter) 0.427
4. Andrea Iannone (Italy/Speed Up) 0.598
5. Simone Corsi (Italy/Motobi) 0.705.

Overall standings

1. Toni Elias (ESP/Aprilia) 186 points
2. Andrea Iannone (Italy/SpeedUp) 119
3. Thomas Luthi (SWI/Moriwaki) 108
4. Julian Simon (ESP/Suter) 108
5. Simone Corsi (Italy/Motobi) 84.

125cc

1. Nicolas Terol (ESP/Aprilia) 96.968km in 42min, 19.233secs
2. Sandro Cortese (GER/Derbi) at 0:4.95
3. Pol Esparago (ESP/Derbi) 0:10.856
4. Efren Vazquez (ESP/Derbi) 0:15.402
5. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Aprilia) 0:19.912.

Overall standings

1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Derbi) 172 points
2. Nicolas Terol, (ESP/Aprilia) 168
3. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Derbi) 167
4. Bradley Smith (GBR/Aprilia) 115
5. Sandro Cortese (GER/Derbi) 96.