2006 Meijer Indy 300

Race 12 of 14

Kentucky
200 laps
Time of race: 1:44:03.4120
Average speed of winner: 170.676 mph
Margin of victory: 0.5866 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 35 laps
Fastest lap: Bryan Herta 219.120
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-5, Hornish 6-18, Castroneves 19, Hornish 20-30, Castroneves 31-53, Wheldon 54-55, Dixon 56-58, Meira 59, Wheldon 60-79, Dixon 80-91, Meira 92-95, Hornish 96-121, Herta 122-138, Wheldon 139-170, Hornish 171, Wheldon 172-177, Hornish 178, Wheldon 179-184, Dixon 185, Castroneves 186, Andretti 187-188, Sharp 189, Dixon 190-195, Hornish 196-200

Race notes: Sam Hornish, Jr. took the points lead from Hélio Castroneves.

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

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	218.307	200	6	57	running	115800	50
2	5	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	216.712	200	4	22	running	94850	40
3	1	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	218.328	200	4	30	running	88750	35
4	3	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	217.003	200	5	66	running	63000	35
5	4	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	216.766	200	0	0	running	57300	30
6	9	Vitor Meira	4	Lincoln Tech Panther Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	216.182	200	2	5	running	52200	28
7	17	Tomas Scheckter	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	214.095	200	0	0	running	50700	26
8	11	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	215.456	200	0	0	running	47400	24
9	6	Dario Franchitti	27	Klein Tools/Canadian Club	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	216.666	200	0	0	running	47400	22
10	13	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	214.989	200	1	17	running	55900	20
11	8	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	216.389	199	0	0	running	44400	19
12	12	Sarah Fisher	5	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	215.061	199	0	0	running	43100	18
13	16	Jeff Bucknum	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	214.468	199	0	0	running	41800	17
14	15	Jeff Simmons	17	Rahal Letterman Team Ethanol	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	214.524	199	0	0	running	40200	16
15	14	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	214.541	198	0	0	running	38900	15
16	10	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	215.889	198	1	1	running	37500	14
17	18	Marco Andretti	26	NYSE Group	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	213.977	197	1	2	running	38100	13
18	19	Marty Roth	25	Roth Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Roth	213.362	196	0	0	running	36100	12
19	7	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	216.392	118	0	0	accident	34600	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	418	12	3	4	8	9
2	Hélio Castroneves	411	12	3	4	7	10
3	Dan Wheldon	394	12	2	1	8	10
4	Scott Dixon	385	12	0	2	7	10
5	Vitor Meira	348	12	0	0	6	10
6	Tony Kanaan	339	12	0	1	7	8
7	Dario Franchitti	271	12	1	0	2	6
8	Tomas Scheckter	265	12	0	0	2	8
9	Marco Andretti	263	12	0	0	3	6
10	Danica Patrick	260	12	0	0	2	7
11	Bryan Herta	254	12	0	0	1	5
12	Scott Sharp	249	12	0	0	2	7
13	Kosuke Matsuura	237	12	0	0	0	6
14	Ed Carpenter	204	11	0	0	0	5
15	Buddy Rice	202	12	0	0	2	2
16	Jeff Simmons	167	10	0	0	0	4
17	Felipe Giaffone	142	8	0	0	1	3
18	Buddy Lazier	122	8	0	0	0	0
19	Eddie Cheever	114	7	0	0	0	1
20	Jeff Bucknum	72	5	0	0	0	0
21	Ryan Briscoe	69	3	0	0	1	2
22	P.J. Chesson	54	4	0	0	0	0
23	Michael Andretti	35	1	0	0	1	1
24	Marty Roth	24	2	0	0	0	0
25	Sarah Fisher	18	1	0	0	0	0