Toronto, Canada (My Sportsbook) - Dario Franchitti recovered from a pit road mishap and then capitalized on a series of late-race crashes to win Sunday's Honda Indy Toronto on the streets of Toronto.

Franchitti experienced a problem with his left-rear tire during his first stop and fell back in the field. He benefited on his next trip to pit road when he entered just before a caution came for an incident involving Graham Rahal.

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver moved around Helio Castroneves with 21 laps to go and then held it for his third victory of the season and the 11th of his IndyCar Series career.

"I guess we came away with strategy," Franchitti said. "We came in during the caution that helped us get close to the front. We passed a couple of cars and then got into the lead."

Franchitti, the 2007 series champion, started on the pole and led the most laps with 45. He easily held off Ryan Briscoe at the finish by 1.6745 seconds. Franchitti also won at Toronto in a 1999 CART/Champ Car event.

"It's been 10 years since we first won here and it feels good," Franchitti added.

Briscoe from Team Penske has finished second for the fifth time in the last six races.

"We'll definitely take a second on a day like this," Briscoe said. "It's just so competitive on these road and street courses, and I was learning the track. We were able to make some good passes and come through the field."

Briscoe's teammate Will Power, who made his first start since the May 24 Indianapolis 500, rebounded from an opening lap incident. Power cut his right- rear tire after making contact with Rahal heading into the first turn. He fell almost a lap behind but bounced back nicely for a third-place finish.

"I was very happy to get back to third after being almost a lap down," Power said.

Briscoe also had to pit unexpectedly on the first lap for a punctured tire.

Scott Dixon and Justin Wilson, last weekend's winner at Watkins Glen, NY, rounded out the top-five. Danica Patrick came in sixth.

Shortly after Franchitti passed Castroneves for the lead, Canadian Paul Tracy battled Castroneves for position, but the two tangled, with Tracy getting crunched into the wall.

"(Helio) gave me enough room and then we touched," Tracy said. "He kind of moved over a little bit, and then we both hooked up on wheels. I'm not going to say he did it on purpose, but it was just a racing incident."

Tracy's battered car led to his day ending prematurely with a 19th-place finish, while Castroneves suffered front end and rear suspension damage, as he ended up 18th.

Castroneves later heard the displeasure from the crowd after they felt the hometown favorite got the short end.

"He would be the last guy that I would have taken out here in Canada," Castroneves said. "I thought there was plenty enough room for him."

Mario Moraes and Alex Tagliani made contact and crashed while battling for position late in the race. Tagliani then took out Tomas Scheckter, who had one of his better performances lately. Scheckter had to be restrained by track officials as he threw his gloves at Tagliani's car during a caution lap.

Tagliani, another Canadian, finished ninth after leading several laps in the early going.