IRL - Iowa
Corn Indy 250 Presented by Ethanol
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Location: Iowa Speedway
.875 Mile Paved Oval
250 Laps/218.75 Miles
Pole Award: Scott Dixon 17.6486 sec, 182.360 mph (293.480 km/h)
June 24, 2007
Time of race: 1:48:14.1344
Average speed of winner: 123.896
Margin of victory: 0.0681
Lead changes: 14 among 8 leaders
Cautions: 6 for 67 laps
Lap leaders: Dixon pole, Castroneves 1-2, Dixon 3-12, Castroneves
13-69, Franchitti 70, Sharp 71, Meira 72, Andretti 73-75, Patrick
76, Meira 77-146, Rice 147-151, Franchitti 152-214, Andretti 215,
Sharp 216-218, Franchitti 219-250 |
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Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
|
1 |
3 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Canadian Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
1:48:14.1344 123.896 |
53 |
|
2 |
12 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
1:48:14.2025 |
40 |
|
3 |
4 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Patron |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
17 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
Roll Coater |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
15 |
Darren Manning |
14 |
ABC Supply |
Dallara |
Honda |
250 |
Finished |
30 |
|
6 |
5 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Hitachi Power Tools |
Dallara |
Honda |
247 |
Flagged |
28 |
|
7 |
18 |
Sarah Fisher |
5 |
Aamco |
Dallara |
Honda |
247 |
Flagged |
26 |
|
8 |
2 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Team Penske |
Dallara |
Honda |
246 |
Flagged |
24 |
|
9 |
13 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
216 |
Mechanical |
22 |
|
10 |
1 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
173 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
9 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
145 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
10 |
A. J. Foyt IV |
22 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
99 |
Wrecked |
18 |
|
13 |
11 |
Danica Patrick |
7 |
Motorola |
Dallara |
Honda |
99 |
Wrecked |
17 |
|
14 |
8 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Team Penske |
Dallara |
Honda |
99 |
Wrecked |
16 |
|
15 |
16 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic |
Dallara |
Honda |
99 |
Wrecked |
15 |
|
16 |
7 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
85 |
Wrecked |
14 |
|
17 |
6 |
Jeff Simmons |
17 |
Ethanol |
Dallara |
Honda |
85 |
Wrecked |
13 |
|
18 |
19 |
Milka Duno |
23 |
CITGO |
Dallara |
Honda |
60 |
Too slow |
12 |
|
19 |
14 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Joost |
Dallara |
Honda |
0 |
Wrecked |
12 |
Race Summary: The first IndyCar Series race at the Iowa Speedway was
one of attrition with several experienced drivers involved in incidents.
First, Dan Wheldon spun, collecting Tomas Scheckter, although Wheldon
was later able to return to the track over 100 laps down. Next, Tony
Kanaan spun, collecting Jeff Simmons. The largest incident of the day
come on a re-start with Ed Carpenter, Danica Patrick, A. J. Foyt IV
and Dario Franchitti running four-wide down the front straight. Carpenter,
Foyt, and Patrick made contact entering turn one and Kosuke Matsuura
spun into the wall trying to miss them. The final 100 laps were more
orderly with fewer cars on the track and Franchitti was able to hold
off teammate Marco Andretti for his second victory of the season. (Wikipedia) |
