Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
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Location: Infineon
Raceway
2.3 Mile Road Course
80 Laps/184 Miles
August 27, 2006
Time of race: 1:58:05.5416
Average speed of winner: 93.486
Margin of victory: 0.6557
Lead changes: 3 among 3 leaders
Cautions: 4 for 10 laps
Lap leaders: Dixon 1-28, Wheldon 29-38, Dixon 39-50, Andretti 51-80 |
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Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
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1 |
2 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
80 |
1:58:05.5416 |
50 |
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2 |
5 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Klein Tools/Canadian Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
40 |
|
3 |
8 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Lincoln Tech |
Dallara |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
1 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Panoz |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
35 |
|
5 |
3 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
30 |
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6 |
6 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Panoz |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
28 |
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7 |
14 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Team Ethanol |
Panoz |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
26 |
|
8 |
11 |
Danica Patrick |
16 |
Argent Mortgage |
Panoz |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
24 |
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9 |
10 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Marlboro |
Dallara |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
22 |
|
10 |
9 |
Bryan Herta |
7 |
XM Satellite Radio |
Dallara |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
20 |
|
11 |
4 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
80 |
Finished |
19 |
|
12 |
16 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
79 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
13 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic ARTA |
Dallara |
Honda |
79 |
Flagged |
17 |
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14 |
17 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Delphi |
Panoz |
Honda |
79 |
Flagged |
16 |
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15 |
12 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Argent Mortgage |
Panoz |
Honda |
75 |
Flagged |
15 |
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16 |
7 |
Ryan Briscoe |
5 |
Escort
Radar Detectors |
Dallara |
Honda |
67 |
Handling |
14 |
|
17 |
18 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
44 |
Flagged |
13 |
|
18 |
15 |
Jeff Bucknum |
14 |
ABC Supply Co. |
Dallara |
Honda |
9 |
Handling |
12 |
The Infineon Raceway race was run on August 27 and covered by ESPN.
Scott Dixon won the pole. Marco Andretti became the youngest winner
of a major open wheel race and the first new IRL winner since Adrian
Fernandez in 2004. (Wikipedia) |
