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FORT WORTH, Texas -- James Hinchcliffe has been leading the IndyCar race at Texas for such a long time.When the rain-interrupted race resumes on lap 72 Saturday night at the high-banked -- and hopefully dry -- 1 1/2-mile oval, Hinchcliffe will have led for 76 days.Its better than not leading at all, thats for sure, Hinchcliffe said, with a chuckle. The most important thing is that were still leading at the end.A lot has happened in the 2 1/2 months since that waterlogged June weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, including the completion of five other IndyCar Series races. Will Power won three of them, the last being 500 miles at Pocono on Monday after a one-day rain delay.Since the Texas race was red-flagged on June 12 -- and technically still is -- the NHLs Pittsburgh Penguins won their fourth Stanley Cup, and LeBron James led the Cavaliers to an NBA title that ended Clevelands 52-year major title drought.Among other sports headlines in that span, Andy Murray and Serena Williams added Grand Slam titles by winning at Wimbledon, three major champions were crowned in golf, and Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Michael Phelps won more gold medals at the Olympics in Rio this month.Its unique in that James Hinchcliffe has been leading for 2 1/2 months, and surely hes got to go to the bathroom before we get started here, speedway President Eddie Gossage said with a smile.Its been fun. Theres been a lot of interesting chatter on Twitter, and certainly Eddie reminding people every other day that Im still leading, Hinchliffe said. Hopefully, he can be telling people every other day that we won the race.Hinchcliffe, the Indianapolis 500 polesitter who led 27 laps before finishing seventh there in May, hasnt led another lap since leaving Texas.The last time an IndyCar race started and resumed another day was at Brazil in 2011, but that was only 24 hours. After the first 14 laps and a 2 1/2-hour rain delay there, the final 41 laps were completed the next day with polesitter Power winning.Its unlike anything weve done before as far as rainouts go, Power said about going back to Texas, where he will resume running fourth.Unlike the quick resumption in Brazil five years ago, IndyCar drivers are returning to Texas 11 weeks later and will have only a 10-minute practice session before starting to race again.Only 71 of the scheduled 248 laps were completed in June , when the Firestone 600 was initially postponed from Saturday night without the cars ever making it to the starting grid. After the race started 40 minutes late Sunday and then the rain returned, the decision for an unprecedented months-long delay was made since there was more wet weather in the immediate forecast.Heavy rain fell for several hours after the cars came off the track 54 laps shy of what was needed to make it an official race. There were indeed more downpours the following day.Since IndyCar rules dont allow for starting over a race that has already taken the green flag, the only choice was to resume the race from where it was stopped.Hinchcliffe took the lead for the first time on lap 41, the last green-flag lap counted before a hard crash involving Josef Newgarden and Conor Daly, who wont be allowed to resume this weekend. Newgarden sustained a broken collarbone and small fracture in his hand, but won a month later at Iowa.There were 30 laps run under caution while track officials worked to repair the damaged safety barrier, and that work was still being done along the frontstretch when the rain started falling again.Ill be perfect honestly, I tried to convince IndyCar to restart the race, as did several drivers, but their rulebook says what it says and I cant fault them for that, Gossage said. 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But when it comes to determining if Raymond will find a place on the Leafs roster when training camp concludes in a week, well, that decision will ultimately fall to the head coach.James Hahn fired a bogey-free 65 to move one clear of Rickie Fowler and Danny Lee after the second round of the Phoenix Open. Latest leaderboard Phoenix Open Hahn fired six birdies during a flawless round in front of a record-breaking crowd at TPC Scottsdale, to move one-shot clear of Danny Lee and world No 4 Rickie Fowler.Beginning on the back nine, Hahn chipped in from the rough at the 10th and holed a 30-footer at the 13th before posting a third birdie of the round at the par-five 15th. After a run of pars around the turn, Hahn nudged in close-range gains at the second and third before taking the outright advantage with a seven-foot putt at the sixth. Hahn is a popular figure at TPC Scottsdale Im having fun out there, Hahn said. Im making a lot of putts, hitting a lot of fairways, giving myself many opportunities to make birdie.I only live about 10 minutes away from here and Im looking forward to a good weekend.A run of four birdies in a five-hole stretch along the back nine helped Lee get to nine under alongsiide overnight joint-leader Fowler, who is chasing a second win of the year after last months victory in Abu Dhabi.dddddddddddd Fowler was impressed with his new-found form in his putting Fellow first-round leaders Hideki Matsuyama and Shane Lowry slipped back to tied third after they both struck 70, with the Irishman bouncing back from finding the water and running up a double-bogey at the 17th to pick up a shot at the last.Jack Maguire, in his first professional start on the US PGA Tour, aced the 12th hole with a seven-iron from 206 yards, before Chad Campbell aced the 194-yard seventh soon after with a six-iron. Englands Ian Poulter and two-time major champions Padraig Harrington are both certain to miss the cut at four over, although play was suspended due to bad light with several players still yet to complete their rounds. Watch the Phoenix Open throughout the weekend live on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf. Live coverage gets underway on Saturday from 6pm. Also See: Phoenix Open leaderboard WATCH: Golfs loudest hole? First round highlights Golf live on Sky Sports 4 ' ' '