Bridgestone Indy Japan 300
|
Location: Twin Ring Motegi
1.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/300 Miles
Pole Position: Helio Castroneves 26.6416 seconds, 205.393 mph (330.548
km/h)
April 21, 2007
Time of race: 1:52:23.2574
Average speed of winner: 162.295
Margin of victory: 0.4828
Lead changes: 9 among 5 leaders
Cautions: 3 for 30 laps
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-43, Wheldon 44-83, Kanaan 84-86, Wheldon
87-121, Kanaan 122-134, Wheldon 135-185, Kanaan 186-190, Hornish
191-193, Dixon 194-195, Kanaan 196-200 |
|
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
3 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:52:23.2574 162.295 |
50 |
|
2 |
2 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
1:52:23.7402 |
43 |
|
3 |
7 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Canadian Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
6 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
200 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
5 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Team Penske |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
30 |
|
6 |
12 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Patron |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
28 |
|
7 |
1 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Team Penske |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
26 |
|
8 |
17 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Ethanol |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
24 |
|
9 |
8 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Joost |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
22 |
|
10 |
11 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Roll Coater |
Dallara |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
4 |
Danica Patrick |
7 |
Motorola |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
18 |
Darren Manning |
14 |
ABC Supply |
Dallara |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
14 |
A. J. Foyt IV |
22 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
197 |
Flagged |
17 |
|
14 |
15 |
Sarah Fisher |
5 |
Aamco |
Dallara |
Honda |
197 |
Flagged |
16 |
|
15 |
16 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
192 |
Flagged |
15 |
|
16 |
10 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
134 |
Wrecked |
14 |
|
17 |
13 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
50 |
Handling |
13 |
|
18 |
9 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic |
Dallara |
Honda |
0 |
Wrecked |
12 |
Race Summary: For the second time in two oval races this season, Dan
Wheldon dominated much of the race. However, unlike at Homestead, he
would not be victorious, and even lost use of his two-way radio. With
about 15 laps to go, the final sequence of pit stops for fuel began,
and threatened to shuffle the field. Tony Kanaan's AGR team used a late-pit
strategy, which saw him take on less fuel and a shorter stop. With four
laps to go, Kannan took the lead and held off Wheldon to claim his first
victory of the season. With Kanaan's win, the first three races of the
season have produced three different winners representing three different
teams. During practice, both Kosuke Matsuura and Danica Patrick turned
in some of their best on-track performances thus far this season. Neither
were factors during the race however, and Matsuura, in fact, crashed
out on the first lap in front of his home country. (Wikipedia) |
