2005 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Race 3 of 17

St. Petersburg
100 laps
Time of race: 2:09:54.1074
Average speed of winner: 83.140 mph
Margin of victory: 1.4577 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Fastest lap: Dario Franchitti 101.950
Lap leaders: Herta 1-16, Briscoe 17-35, Manning 36-38, Herta 39-61, Wheldon 62, Franchitti 63, Briscoe 64-75, Enge 76-79, Briscoe 80-91, Wheldon 92-100

Race notes: Dan Wheldon took the points lead from Sam Hornish, Jr.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	101.323	100	2	10	running	108000	50
2	3	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	102.892	100	0	0	running	86500	40
3	4	Dario Franchitti	27	ArcaEx	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	102.794	100	1	1	running	72500	35
4	1	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	103.664	100	2	39	running	78600	32
5	12	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal Letterman Racing Menards Johns Manville	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	100.790	100	0	0	running	53400	30
6	11	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	100.931	100	0	0	running	47100	28
7	17	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	99.394	100	0	0	running	45800	26
8	14	Patrick Carpentier	83	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever	100.523	100	0	0	running	46600	24
9	16	Darren Manning	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	100.067	99	1	3	running	44600	22
10	13	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever	100.770	99	0	0	running	43300	20
11	18	Roger Yasukawa	24	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	98.507	98	0	0	running	41900	19
12	15	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	100.232	95	0	0	running	40700	18
13	7	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	101.637	94	0	0	mechanical	39600	17
14	10	Ryan Briscoe	33	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	101.069	91	3	43	accident	38100	19
15	6	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	102.125	85	0	0	accident	36900	15
16	5	Tomáš Enge	2	ROCKSTAR Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	102.426	85	1	4	accident	35700	14
17	8	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	101.538	77	0	0	accident	34400	13
18	20	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez		43	0	0	accident	34400	12
19	19	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Vision	95.385	32	0	0	accident	33100	12
20	2	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	103.360	12	0	0	accident	31900	12
21	21	A.J. Foyt IV	14	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt		11	0	0	accident	31900	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dan Wheldon	134	3	0	2	2	3
2	Tony Kanaan	110	3	0	0	3	3
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	105	3	0	1	2	2
4	Hélio Castroneves	82	3	0	0	2	2
5	Vitor Meira	81	3	0	0	2	2
6	Dario Franchitti	79	3	0	0	2	2
7	Bryan Herta	74	3	2	0	1	2
8	Darren Manning	74	3	0	0	0	3
9	Patrick Carpentier	72	3	0	0	0	3
10	Alex Barron	61	3	0	0	0	2
11	Scott Dixon	60	3	0	0	0	1
12	Scott Sharp	59	3	0	0	1	1
13	Kosuke Matsuura	55	3	0	0	0	1
14	Buddy Rice	50	3	0	0	0	1
15	A.J. Foyt IV	50	3	0	0	0	1
16	Danica Patrick	48	3	0	0	0	0
17	Tomas Scheckter	45	3	1	0	0	0
18	Roger Yasukawa	44	3	0	0	0	0
19	Ryan Briscoe	43	3	0	0	0	0
20	Ed Carpenter	38	3	0	0	0	0
21	Tomáš Enge	38	3	0	0	0	0
22	Paul Dana	32	2	0	0	0	1