Toyota Indy 300 Presented by XM Satellite
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Location: Homestead-Miami
Speedway
1.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/300 Miles
March 26, 2006
Time of race: 1:46:14.5286
Average speed of winner: 167.730
Margin of victory: 0.0147
Lead changes: 8 among 5 leaders
Cautions: 4 for 32 laps
Lap leaders: Hornish 1-57, Castroneves 58-66, Sharp 67-68, Matsuura
69-71, Hornish 72-159, Castroneves 160-182, Wheldon 183-189, Castroneves
190-199, Wheldon 200 |
|
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
6 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:46:14.5286 167.730 |
50 |
|
2 |
2 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
40 |
|
3 |
1 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
38 |
|
4 |
5 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Jim
Beam |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
3 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
10 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
28 |
|
7 |
11 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
26 |
|
8 |
7 |
Felipe Giaffone |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
24 |
|
9 |
9 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
197 |
Flagged |
22 |
|
10 |
12 |
Eddie Cheever |
51 |
Circle K |
Dallara |
Honda |
196 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
4 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
159 |
Wrecked |
19 |
|
12 |
16 |
P. J. Chesson |
91 |
Carmelo Hemelgarn
Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
152 |
Gearbox |
18 |
|
13 |
8 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
140 |
Wrecked |
17 |
|
14 |
14 |
Buddy Lazier |
5 |
Escort Radar Detectors |
Dallara |
Honda |
12 |
Electrical |
16 |
|
15 |
13 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
12 |
Halfshaft |
15 |
|
16 |
15 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Econova |
Dallara |
Honda |
10 |
Mechanical |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-- |
-- |
Danica Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Panoz |
Honda |
-- |
Withdrew |
7 |
|
-- |
-- |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Panoz |
Honda |
-- |
Withdrew |
6 |
|
-- |
-- |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
-- |
Wrecked practice |
6 |
|
-- |
-- |
Paul Dana |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Panoz |
Honda |
-- |
Wrecked practice
- fatal |
6 |
This race held at Homestead-Miami Speedway was run on March 26 and
covered by ABC. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the pole.
The race was marred by a violent crash in the final practice session.
Paul Dana was killed in the crash and fellow teammates Danica Patrick
and Buddy Rice withdrew from the race to honor his memory. He was the
third driver to lose his life in the IRL. Ed Carpenter was also injured. |
