Firestone Indy 400
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Location: Michigan
International Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/400 Miles
July 30, 2006
Time of race: 2:03:43.7441
Average speed of winner: 193.972
Margin of victory: 1.6229
Lead changes: 15 among 7 leaders
Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-3, Hornish 4-40, Wheldon 41-45, Matsuura
46-52, Herta 53, Meira 54-87, Scheckter 88-89, Wheldon 90-92, Meira
93-129, Wheldon 130-132, Herta 133, Castroneves 134-167, Meira 168-171,
Wheldon 172-174, Scheckter 175-176, Castroneves 177-200 |
|
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
1 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
2:03:43.7441 193.972 |
50 |
|
2 |
6 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Panther Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
2:03:45.3670 |
43 |
|
3 |
9 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
3 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
8 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
13 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
28 |
|
7 |
4 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
26 |
|
8 |
19 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
24 |
|
9 |
14 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
22 |
|
10 |
16 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
12 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
7 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Canadian
Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
10 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
17 |
|
14 |
18 |
Jeff Bucknum |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
16 |
|
15 |
15 |
Buddy Lazier |
5 |
Escort Radar Detectors |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
15 |
|
16 |
5 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
14 |
|
17 |
11 |
Danica Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
197 |
Out of fuel |
13 |
|
18 |
17 |
Marty Roth |
25 |
Roth Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
192 |
Flagged |
12 |
|
19 |
2 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
61 |
Mechanical |
12 |
The Michigan International Speedway race was run on July 30 and covered
by ABC. The race start was delayed almost 3 hours and the race was aired
tape delayed on ESPN2. Hélio Castroneves got his fourth race win of
the season from the pole. |
