Bombardier Learjet 500
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Location: Texas Motor
Speedway
1.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/300 Miles
June 10, 2006
Time of race: 1:34:01.0482
Average speed of winner: 185.710
Margin of victory: 0.2402
Lead changes: 8 among 4 leaders
Cautions: 2 for 19 laps
Lap leaders: Hornish 1, Wheldon 2-56, Hornish 57-61, Wheldon 62-127,
Hornish 128-130, Sharp 131-135, Wheldon 136-185, Hornish 186-192,
Castroneves 193-200 |
|
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
3 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:34:01.0482 185.710 |
50 |
|
2 |
4 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:34:01.2884 |
40 |
|
3 |
2 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
38 |
|
4 |
1 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
7 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
12 |
Vitor
Meira |
4 |
Panther Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
28 |
|
7 |
6 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
26 |
|
8 |
10 |
Kosuke
Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
24 |
|
9 |
11 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
22 |
|
10 |
5 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Rock & Republic |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
18 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM
Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
14 |
Danica
Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
8 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Canadian
Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
17 |
|
14 |
9 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
16 |
|
15 |
15 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
15 |
|
16 |
19 |
Felipe Giaffone |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
197 |
Flagged |
14 |
|
17 |
16 |
Eddie Cheever |
51 |
Geico |
Dallara |
Honda |
197 |
Flagged |
13 |
|
18 |
13 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
70 |
Mechanical |
12 |
|
19 |
17 |
Buddy Lazier |
5 |
Escort Radar Detectors |
Dallara |
Honda |
56 |
Fuel pump |
12 |
The Texas race was run on June 10 and covered by ESPN. Sam Hornish,
Jr. won the pole. Hélio Castroneves captured his second Texas win and
third win of the season. Dan Wheldon had led most of the race and looked
in control only for a short delay on his final pit stop to drop him
back to third. |
