Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix
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Location: Watkins
Glen International
3.4 Mile Road Course
55 Laps/187 Miles
June 4, 2006
Time of race: 2:00:20.0224
Average speed of winner: 92.418
Margin of victory: 2.3311
Lead changes: 7 among 7 leaders
Cautions: 7 for 21 laps
Lap leaders: Castroneves pole, Kanaan 1-8, Simmons 9, Scheckter
10-21, Wheldon 22-34, Castroneves 35-41, Rice 42-46, Dixon 47-55
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Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
4 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Panoz |
Honda |
55 |
2:00:20.0224 92.418 |
50 |
|
2 |
8 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Panther Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
55 |
2:00:22.3535 |
40 |
|
3 |
10 |
Ryan Briscoe |
5 |
Escort
Radar Detectors |
Dallara |
Honda |
55 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
11 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Panoz |
Honda |
55 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
19 |
Felipe Giaffone |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
55 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
18 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
55 |
Finished |
28 |
|
7 |
1 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
55 |
Finished |
26 |
|
8 |
16 |
Danica Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Panoz |
Honda |
55 |
Finished |
24 |
|
9 |
14 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Panoz |
Honda |
55 |
Finished |
22 |
|
10 |
15 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
55 |
Finished |
20 |
|
11 |
2 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
54 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
6 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
54 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
9 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
54 |
Flagged |
17 |
|
14 |
7 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Canadian Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
44 |
Flagged |
16 |
|
15 |
5 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Panoz |
Honda |
41 |
Mechanical |
18 |
|
16 |
3 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
38 |
Wrecked |
14 |
|
17 |
17 |
Eddie Cheever |
51 |
Cheever Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
37 |
Wrecked |
13 |
|
18 |
12 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
19 |
Wrecked |
12 |
|
19 |
13 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Panoz |
Honda |
18 |
Wrecked |
12 |
Watkins Glen International race was run on June 4 and covered by ABC.
Qualifying was cancelled due to fog and the field was set based on Friday
practice speeds. Hélio Castroneves sat on pole. The race was shortened
to 55 laps from the scheduled 60 due to the 2 hour time limit. The race
also made history as the first ever IRL race to be run in wet conditions.
Kiwi Scott Dixon won from Panther Racing's Vitor Meira and Australia's
Ryan Briscoe, of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. |
