Meijer Indy 300
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Location: Kentucky
Speedway
1.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/300 Miles
Pole Winner: Helio Castroneves-218.328
August 13, 2006
Kentucky
200 laps
Time of race: 1:44:03.4120
Average speed of winner: 170.676
Margin of victory: 0.5866
Lead changes: 23 among 8 leaders
Cautions: 4 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-5, Hornish 6-18, Castroneves 19, Hornish
20-30, Castroneves 31-53, Wheldon 54-55, Dixon 56-58, Meira 59,
Wheldon 60-79, Dixon 80-91, Meira 92-95, Hornish 96-121, Herta 122-138,
Wheldon 139-170, Hornish 171, Wheldon 172-177, Hornish 178, Wheldon
179-184, Dixon 185, Castroneves 186, Andretti 187-188, Sharp 189,
Dixon 190-195, Hornish 196-200 |
|
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
2 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:44:03.4120 |
50 |
|
2 |
5 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
40 |
|
3 |
1 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
3 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
35 |
|
5 |
4 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
9 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Lincoln Tech |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
28 |
|
7 |
17 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
26 |
|
8 |
11 |
Danica Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
24 |
|
9 |
6 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Canadian Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
22 |
|
10 |
13 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
20 |
|
11 |
8 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
12 |
Sarah Fisher |
5 |
Fastenal |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
16 |
Jeff Bucknum |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
17 |
|
14 |
15 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
16 |
|
15 |
14 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
15 |
|
16 |
10 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
14 |
|
17 |
18 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
197 |
Flagged |
13 |
|
18 |
19 |
Marty Roth |
25 |
Roth Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
196 |
Flagged |
12 |
|
19 |
7 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
118 |
Wrecked |
12 |
The Kentucky Speedway race was run on August 13 and covered by ABC.
Hélio Castroneves won the pole. Sam Hornish, Jr. captured his 4th win
of the year and re-took the points lead. This was also the second IRL
race with two female drivers in the field, the first was the 2000 Indianapolis
500. (Wikipedia) |
