Firestone Indy 200
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Location: Nashville
Superspeedway
1.3 Mile Concrete Oval
200 Laps/260 Miles
July 15, 2006
Time of race: 1:36:46.2751
Average speed of winner: 161.205
Margin of victory: 0.1176
Lead changes: 9 among 5 leaders
Cautions: 3 for 27 laps
Lap leaders: Wheldon 1-57, Hornish 58-60, Wheldon 61-88, Hornish
89-93, Wheldon 94-123, Hornish 124-125, Meira 126, Dixon 127-128,
Matsuura 129-133, Dixon 134-200 |
|
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
3 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:36:46.2751 161.205 |
50 |
|
2 |
1 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:36:46.3927 |
43 |
|
3 |
7 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Panther Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
10 |
Danica Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
4 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
5 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Canadian
Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
28 |
|
7 |
15 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
26 |
|
8 |
18 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
24 |
|
9 |
13 |
Ryan Briscoe |
5 |
Escort Radar Detectors |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
22 |
|
10 |
14 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
16 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
6 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
170 |
Mechanical |
18 |
|
13 |
12 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
162 |
Wrecked |
17 |
|
14 |
2 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
128 |
Wrecked |
16 |
|
15 |
9 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
121 |
Half shaft |
15 |
|
16 |
11 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
61 |
Electrical |
14 |
|
17 |
8 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
58 |
Fuel pressure |
13 |
|
18 |
17 |
Jeff Bucknum |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
36 |
Handling |
12 |
The Nashville Superspeedway race was run on July 15 and covered by
ESPN. Dan Wheldon won the pole. Scott Dixon won his second race of the
season and captured his first win on an oval since 2003. |
