SunTrust Indy Challenge
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Location: Richmond
International Raceway
.75 Mile Paved Oval
250 Laps/187.5 Miles
June 24, 2006
Richmond
250 laps
Time of race: 1:26:49.4669
Average speed of winner: 129.572
Margin of victory: caution
Lead changes: 1 among 2 leaders
Cautions: 4 for 34 laps
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-38, Hornish 39-250 |
|
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
3 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
1:26:49.4669 129.572 |
53 |
|
2 |
6 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Panther Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
Finished |
40 |
|
3 |
10 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Canadian
Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
5 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
2 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
9 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
Finished |
28 |
|
7 |
12 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
249 |
Flagged |
26 |
|
8 |
13 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
249 |
Flagged |
24 |
|
9 |
4 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target/Nicoderm
CQ |
Dallara |
Honda |
249 |
Flagged |
22 |
|
10 |
1 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
249 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
11 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
249 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
8 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
247 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
18 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
247 |
Flagged |
17 |
|
14 |
16 |
Eddie Cheever |
51 |
Cheever Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
246 |
Flagged |
16 |
|
15 |
14 |
Danica Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
246 |
Flagged |
15 |
|
16 |
19 |
Buddy Lazier |
5 |
Escort Radar Detectors |
Dallara |
Honda |
245 |
Flagged |
14 |
|
17 |
17 |
Felipe Giaffone |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
244 |
Flagged |
13 |
|
18 |
7 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
109 |
Gearbox |
12 |
|
19 |
15 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Dallara |
Honda |
59 |
Wrecked |
12 |
The Richmond International Raceway race was run on June 24 and covered
by ESPN. Qualifying was rained out and Hélio Castroneves won the pole
based on combined practice speeds. Sam Hornish, Jr. has won the race,
leading 212 of 250 laps. The race finished in yellow flag at 4 laps
to go due a blew tire from Hélio Castroneves which dropped him to 10th
place. |
