Bridgestone Indy Japan 300
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Location: Twin
Ring Motegi
1.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/300 Miles
April 22, 2006
Time of race: 1:59:01.3704
Average speed of winner: 153.248
Margin of victory: 6.3851
Lead changes: 10 among 6 leaders
Cautions: 3 for 32 laps
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-24, Wheldon 25-29, Castroneves 30-93,
Kanaan 94, Dixon 95-96, Scheckter 97-99, Meira 100, Castroneves
101-146, Dixon 147-149, Meira 150, Castroneves 151-200 |
|
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
1 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:59:01.3704 153.248 |
53 |
|
2 |
3 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
40 |
|
3 |
5 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
4 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
18 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Panoz |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
7 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
28 |
|
7 |
6 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
26 |
|
8 |
14 |
Danica Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Panoz |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
24 |
|
9 |
2 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
22 |
|
10 |
11 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Network Live |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
10 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Jim
Beam |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
17 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
12 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
196 |
Flagged |
17 |
|
14 |
15 |
Buddy Lazier |
5 |
Escort Radar Detectors |
Dallara |
Honda |
195 |
Flagged |
16 |
|
15 |
9 |
Felipe Giaffone |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
155 |
Wrecked |
15 |
|
16 |
8 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
42 |
Wrecked |
14 |
|
17 |
16 |
P. J. Chesson |
91 |
Carmelo Hemelgarn
Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
40 |
Wrecked |
13 |
|
18 |
20 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Panoz |
Honda |
40 |
Wrecked |
12 |
|
19 |
13 |
Tom Enge |
51 |
Circle K |
Dallara |
Honda |
25 |
Wrecked |
12 |
|
20 |
19 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
25 |
Wrecked |
12 |
The Twin Ring Motegi, Japan race was run on April 22 Qualifying was
rained out and the field was set by entrant points. As a result, Hélio
Castroneves sat on pole, and for the second race running, Castroneves
won the race. This race also saw the return of Ed Carpenter after the
accident at Homestead. Rahal Letterman Racing also returned the #17
car to competition after sitting out a second race, as Indy Pro Series
driver Jeff Simmons moved up to the seat. While Simmons has two IndyCar
Series races to his experience (one the 2004 Indianapolis 500), he is
eligible for the Bombardier series Rookie of the Year contest for 2006. |
