2005 Firestone Indy 400

Race 11 of 17

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:23:32.5979
Average speed of winner: 167.197 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0374 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 34 laps
Fastest lap: Townsend Bell 219.475
Lap leaders: Herta 1-36, Scheckter 37-38, Carpentier 39, Herta 40-74, Kanaan 75-77, Matsuura 78, Herta 79-114, Kanaan 115-119, Herta 120-129, Wheldon 130-136, Herta 137-146, Hornish 147-152, Kanaan 153-167, Herta 168-174, Kanaan 175, Herta 176-200

Race notes: Last win for Bryan Herta. Last pole for Bryan Herta.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3 (Start), Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	219.141	200	7	159	running	116300	53
2	11	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	217.486	200	1	7	running	79400	40
3	2	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	219.100	200	1	2	running	67150	35
4	14	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	217.167	200	4	24	running	54500	32
5	13	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	217.373	200	1	6	running	49900	30
6	6	Buddy Lazier	95	Pennzoil/Byrd's/American Sentry Guard	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	218.683	200	0	0	running	44200	28
7	5	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	218.745	200	0	0	running	45000	26
8	7	Dario Franchitti	27	ArcaEx	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	218.570	200	0	0	running	42000	24
9	23	Patrick Carpentier	83	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever	215.027	199	1	1	running	42000	22
10	17	Ryan Briscoe	33	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	216.513	199	0	0	running	40800	20
11	19	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever	214.815	199	0	0	running	39600	19
12	21	A.J. Foyt IV	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	214.040	198	0	0	running	38600	18
13	20	Jimmy Kite	91	Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Hemelgarn	214.095	197	0	0	running	37500	17
14	9	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal Letterman Menards Johns Manville	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	217.590	185	0	0	electrical	36200	16
15	10	Townsend Bell	2	ROCKSTAR Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	217.502	180	0	0	accident	35100	15
16	12	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	217.388	180	1	1	accident	34100	14
17	15	Jaques Lazier	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	216.956	179	0	0	accident	32900	13
18	18	Roger Yasukawa	24	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	215.308	179	0	0	accident	32900	12
19	4	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	218.890	166	0	0	electrical	31700	12
20	8	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	218.479	163	0	0	mechanical	30600	12
21	16	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	216.846	138	0	0	mechanical	30600	12
22	3	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	218.909	126	0	0	mechanical	30600	12
23	22	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Vision	212.416	118	0	0	mechanical	30600	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dan Wheldon	417	11	0	4	8	10
2	Sam Hornish, Jr.	339	11	3	2	6	7
3	Tony Kanaan	338	11	1	1	7	9
4	Dario Franchitti	333	11	0	1	6	9
5	Bryan Herta	291	11	3	1	4	8
6	Hélio Castroneves	286	11	0	1	5	7
7	Scott Sharp	276	11	0	0	4	8
8	Tomas Scheckter	275	11	2	1	5	6
9	Vitor Meira	257	11	0	0	4	6
10	Patrick Carpentier	249	11	0	0	2	7
11	Danica Patrick	221	11	1	0	2	5
12	Alex Barron	209	11	0	0	0	4
13	Kosuke Matsuura	199	11	0	0	0	4
14	Darren Manning	186	10	0	0	0	5
15	Scott Dixon	184	11	0	0	0	2
16	Ryan Briscoe	179	11	0	0	0	3
17	Buddy Rice	173	10	0	0	1	3
18	A.J. Foyt IV	166	11	0	0	0	1
19	Ed Carpenter	164	11	0	0	0	1
20	Roger Yasukawa	155	11	0	0	0	0
21	Tomáš Enge	131	9	0	0	0	1
22	Jimmy Kite	101	7	0	0	0	0
23	Buddy Lazier	92	4	0	0	1	3
24	Paul Dana	44	3	0	0	0	1
25	Jaques Lazier	27	2	0	0	0	0