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Schumacher wins U.S. Grand Prix\nINDIANAPOLIS -- Michael Schumacher is the U.S. Grand Prix champion again. Now he has to wait two weeks for a chance at a record sixth Formula One title.\nSchumacher took the lead for good after his final pit stop with 25 laps remaining and pulled away to win the U.S. Grand Prix by 18.2 seconds over pole-sitter Kimi Raikkonen Sunday.\nThe victory, his second at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and record 70th of his career, raised his lead in the points series. He is ahead of Raikkonen 92-83, with sixth-place finisher Juan Pablo Montoya right behind at 82.\n"Obviously, it's a very good position for us to start the last race," Schumacher said. "We just need one point, basically, but you first have to finish. My target will be to win another race."\nSchumacher can clinch the F1 championship by finishing seventh or better in the season's final race Oct. 12 in Japan. An eighth-place finish would guarantee at least a tie for the title.\nSchumacher, who shares the record of five championships with Juan Manuel Fangio, started seventh after a disappointing qualifying run Saturday. But he never fell far behind the leaders, survived a flurry of pit stops for rain tires and passed Jenson Button for the lead on the 38th of the 73 laps on the Speedway's 2.605-mile road course.\nHe lost the lead only once after that, but regained it again on the next lap when leader Heinz-Harald Frentzen came into the pits. \nWood to start NL playoffs for Cubs\nCHICAGO -- Kerry Wood will start Tuesday for the Chicago Cubs in their playoff opener in Atlanta against the Braves.\nWood (14-11), the major league strikeout leader with 266, will be making his second postseason appearance.