KANSAS CITY, KAN. ? A.J. Foyt had quite the day Sunday at the Kansas Speedway, but for the second straight year Sam Hornish Jr. ended up hot  and it wasn’t because of the 130-degree track temperature.

Last year’s Indy Racing League champion was edged in the final laps of the Ameristar Casino 200 for the second straight time at the Speedway, but the conclusion was quite controversial.

“I feel like we should have been in first place,” said Hornish Jr., who was passed on the 198th lap by Airton Dare after a second restart lap was issued under a caution flag. “We don’t line up in double rows, this isn’t NASCAR.”

But the Foyt-sponsored Dare  who claimed his first career Indy victory in 31 starts  defended his actions and said he did noting improper.

“We are racing here for the victory and I am pretty sure that everybody, all of the drivers, would say the same,” said Dare, who started the 300-mile race in the sixth position and led just eight of the 200 laps. “I didn’t do anything. You guys could see that on the tape. I gave him some room, actually more room than he gave to me previously in the race.

“But he’s the kind of guy that wins a lot of races, and you know he’s not used to finishing second.”

The controversy came after race leader Tomas Scheckter, Saturday’s pole winner and the fastest car on the track Sunday, blew a tire with 10 laps remaining causing the race to slow under caution.

On lap No. 197, Hornish Jr. flew out of the start and got a jump on the rest of the field. But again the caution flag came out, and race officials said two lapped cars weren’t close enough to Hornish Jr. and needed to catch up.

Then on the next lap around, the two lapped cars were tighter, but so was Dare, who got a jump on a slowed Hornish Jr. and easily passed him in turn one.

“I was pretty much a sitting duck at that point,” said an angry Hornish Jr., who added race officials hadn’t warned him of the second restart. “It’s just that we thought the first restart was good and didn’t understand why there was a second restart.

“To have a car run like we did and then to finish like that, it’s not fun.”

But for the Harrah’s/A.J. Foyt Racing team, it was quite a spectacular day.

The legendary Foyt’s grandson, A.J. Foyt IV, won the inaugural Infiniti Pro Series Kansas 100.

“We couldn’t ask for anything more,” an elated Foyt IV said.

But then he jokingly asked his grandfather if he had to work later that afternoon for Dare.

“I’m like, ‘Yes, you have to work. Just because you win a damn race doesn’t mean you get out of doing your job,” Foyt quipped.

The younger Foyt’s luck paid off in the pits, too. Not only did he change a tire for Dare’s No. 14 Chevy, but also he gave Dare some advice on how to tame the 1 1/2-mile oval track.

“Airton said Anthony stopped him in the pits and told him, ‘I showed you how to win,'” the elder Foyt said.

The victory was the first win for A.J. Foyt Racing since Kenny Brack won the Indianapolis 500 in 1999.

“Kansas is where I won my first major race some years back,” Foyt recalled of a victory on a small dirt track in the area. “I know how happy I was then, so I really know how happy Anthony (Foyt IV) was and how happy Airton was.”

For the majority of the race it looked like the same team that won last year’s inaugural IRL race would pull the trick twice as rookie driver Scheckter of Red Bull Cheever Racing dominated all day.

“It’s disappointing. We just can’t seem to get a break,” said Scheckter, who has yet to win a race this season despite several opportunities. “I thought it was mine as soon as I took the lead after the last stop.”

Both of the Marlboro Team Penske drivers had a much better showing than in Saturday’s qualifying session.

IRL points leader Helio Castroneves, who led the race for a while, finished third and teammate Gil de Ferran stormed all the way from 21 spots back to finish fifth.

“We gave it all we had, but we didn’t have the ultimate speed to win,” said de Ferran, who remained in second in the IRL points race behind Castroneves. “We brought it home in the points which is what we needed to do. Now we need to execute in Nashville.”

Foyt Jr. also hopes to keep up his success from the weekend.

He had few troubles, leading 65 of the 67 laps in the first-ever Infiniti race, although he did receive quite a push from Jason Priestly  the famous actor formerly of the television show “Beverly Hills 90210.”

“I have never really, especially in these kinds of speeds, ran side-by-side,” Foyt Jr. said of battling Priestly head-to-head for several laps at a time. “We were just running right there and nobody made a mistake.”

There was few mistakes from the Foyt family.

“Airton did a great job,” Foyt IV said. “That’s 2-for-2 for Harrah’s today and, 2-for-2 for my grandpa.”