IRL - Detroit Indy Grand Prix Presented
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Location: The Raceway
on Belle Isle Park
2.096 Mile Street Course
89 Laps/186.544 Miles
September 2, 2007
Pole Award: Helio Castroneves 1:12.0688, 103.401 mph (166.408 km/h)
Time of race: 2:11:50.5097
Average speed of winner: 83.841
Margin of victory: caution
Lead changes: 5 among 5 leaders
Cautions: 6 for 19 laps
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-26, Franchitti 27-49, Rice 50-56, Patrick
57-65, Franchitti 66-69, Kanaan 70-89 |
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Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car # |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
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1 |
4 |
Tony Kanaan |
11 |
7-Eleven |
Dallara |
Honda |
89 |
2:11:50.5097 |
50 |
|
2 |
11 |
Danica Patrick |
7 |
Motorola |
Dallara |
Honda |
89 |
Finished |
40 |
|
3 |
16 |
Dan Wheldon |
10 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
89 |
Finished |
35 |
|
4 |
8 |
Darren Manning |
14 |
ABC Supply |
Dallara |
Honda |
89 |
Finished |
32 |
|
5 |
14 |
Kosuke Matsuura |
55 |
Panasonic |
Dallara |
Honda |
88 |
Flagged |
30 |
|
6 |
2 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
Canadian Club |
Dallara |
Honda |
88 |
Flagged |
31 |
|
7 |
15 |
Buddy Rice |
15 |
HRH Las Vegas |
Dallara |
Honda |
87 |
Wrecked |
26 |
|
8 |
3 |
Scott Dixon |
9 |
Target |
Dallara |
Honda |
87 |
Wrecked |
24 |
|
9 |
13 |
A. J. Foyt IV |
22 |
Vision Racing |
Dallara |
Honda |
87 |
Mechanical |
22 |
|
10 |
12 |
Ed Carpenter |
20 |
Hitachi Power Tools |
Dallara |
Honda |
87 |
Flagged |
20 |
|
11 |
17 |
Scott Sharp |
8 |
Patron |
Dallara |
Honda |
82 |
Flagged |
19 |
|
12 |
7 |
Sam Hornish, Jr. |
6 |
Team Penske |
Dallara |
Honda |
75 |
Flagged |
18 |
|
13 |
9 |
Tomas Scheckter |
2 |
Joost |
Dallara |
Honda |
67 |
Wrecked |
17 |
|
14 |
1 |
Helio Castroneves |
3 |
Team Penske |
Dallara |
Honda |
67 |
Wrecked |
16 |
|
15 |
10 |
Vitor Meira |
4 |
Delphi |
Dallara |
Honda |
31 |
Wrecked |
15 |
|
16 |
18 |
Sarah Fisher |
5 |
Aamco |
Dallara |
Honda |
29 |
Wrecked |
14 |
|
17 |
6 |
Marco Andretti |
26 |
NYSE Group |
Dallara |
Honda |
27 |
Mechanical |
13 |
|
18 |
5 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
17 |
Ethanol |
Dallara |
Honda |
24 |
Mechanical |
12 |
Race Summary: After a six-year absence, open wheel racing returned
to the Belle Isle circuit. Minor track modifications intended to increase
passing opportunities, however, saw lead changes only during pit stops,
and several crashes. On the 31st lap, Sam Hornish, Jr. tangled with
lap car Sarah Fisher, which took both cars out, along with Vitor Meira.
Darren Manning hit the back of Danica Patrick's car, causing her to
spin, but both continued. Later in the race, Helio Castroneves crashed
out with Tomas Scheckter as the two were battling for position. Danica
Patrick then climbed to the lead for nine laps by pitting out of sequence.
After the final series of pit stops, a four-car battle at the front
ensued, and held significant season championship implications. With
time running out, Tony Kanaan was leading, and second place Buddy Rice
ran out of fuel. Third place Scott Dixon, the championship points leader
going into the race, took evasive action to get by Rice, which crashed
out both cars. The pileup collected points contender Dario Franchitti
as well. Danica Patrick slipped by the crash and took a career-best
second place, while Kanaan went on to win. Franchitti managed to continue
and limped to a sixth place finish. Tempers flared as AGR co-owner Michael
Andretti was quick to accuse Dixon of intentionally taking out Franchitti
by letting off the brakes and rolling into the path of Franchitti. The
incident tightened the championship chase, and moved Franchitti into
the points lead by only three points with one race remaining. (Wikipedia)
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