2004 Indy Japan 300

Race 3 of 16

Motegi
200 laps
Time of race: 1:49:48.2611
Average speed of winner: 166.114 mph
Margin of victory: 1.4454 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Dan Wheldon 201.165
Lap leaders: Wheldon 1-47, Sharp 48-49, Wheldon 50-136, Manning 137-138, Castroneves 139-142, Wheldon 143-200

Race notes: First win for Dan Wheldon. Finale for Robbie Buhl. Dan Wheldon took the points lead from Tony Kanaan.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	205.762	200	3	192	running	179400	53
2	3	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	205.690	200	0	0	running	125050	40
3	15	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	203.281	200	1	4	running	104650	35
4	10	Darren Manning	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	204.345	200	1	2	running	84800	32
5	6	Scott Dixon	1	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	204.985	200	0	0	running	77400	30
6	5	Buddy Rice	15	Pioneer/Argent Mortgage	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	205.408	200	0	0	running	68400	28
7	9	Dario Franchitti	27	Alpine	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	204.395	199	0	0	running	66600	26
8	4	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	205.629	199	0	0	running	64900	24
9	12	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	203.867	199	1	2	running	64900	22
10	22	Tora Takagi	12	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	195.054	199	0	0	running	65000	20
11	13	Roger Yasukawa	16	Sammy	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	203.863	198	0	0	running	61100	19
12	19	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	199.835	196	0	0	running	59400	18
13	16	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	202.952	184	0	0	running	57800	17
14	11	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	204.015	183	0	0	radiator	55700	16
15	17	A.J. Foyt IV	14	Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	202.055	169	0	0	running	54000	15
16	14	Mark Taylor	2	Menards/Johns Manville Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	203.787	167	0	0	accident	52300	14
17	8	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal-Letterman BEA Systems	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	204.631	166	0	0	clutch	50400	13
18	18	Adrián Fernández	5	Quaker State Telmex Tecate	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	201.649	153	0	0	engine	50400	12
19	7	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	204.890	87	0	0	accident	48600	12
20	2	Greg Ray	13	Renovac	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Access	205.722	55	0	0	suspension	46900	12
21	21	Robbie Buhl	24	Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	195.358	38	0	0	handling	46900	12
22	20	Ed Carpenter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	195.454	38	0	0	mechanical	46900	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dan Wheldon	123	3	2	1	3	3
2	Tony Kanaan	117	3	0	1	2	3
3	Hélio Castroneves	106	3	0	0	2	3
4	Darren Manning	90	3	0	0	2	3
5	Scott Dixon	82	3	0	0	2	2
6	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	3	0	1	1	1
7	Tora Takagi	76	3	0	0	1	3
8	Buddy Rice	76	3	1	0	0	3
9	Alex Barron	64	3	0	0	1	1
10	Kosuke Matsuura	62	3	0	0	0	1
11	Tomas Scheckter	61	3	0	0	1	1
12	Scott Sharp	61	3	0	0	0	2
13	Bryan Herta	59	3	0	0	0	1
14	Dario Franchitti	52	3	0	0	0	1
15	Greg Ray	48	3	0	0	0	1
16	A.J. Foyt IV	46	3	0	0	0	0
17	Robbie Buhl	44	3	0	0	0	1
18	Mark Taylor	44	3	0	0	0	0
19	Ed Carpenter	42	3	0	0	0	0
20	Adrián Fernández	24	2	0	0	0	0
21	Roger Yasukawa	19	1	0	0	0	0
22	Vitor Meira	13	1	0	0	0	0