2006 Indy Japan 300

Race 3 of 14

Motegi
200 laps
Time of race: 1:59:01.3704
Average speed of winner: 153.248 mph
Margin of victory: 6.3851 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 32 laps
Fastest lap: Scott Dixon 200.584
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-24, Wheldon 25-29, Castroneves 30-93, Kanaan 94, Dixon 95-96, Scheckter 97-99, Meira 100, Castroneves 101-146, Dixon 147-149, Meira 150, Castroneves 151-200

Race notes: Finale for Tomáš Enge.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, 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	1	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske		200	4	184	running	176100	53
2	3	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi		200	1	5	running	136050	40
3	5	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		200	1	1	running	113350	35
4	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske		200	0	0	running	91100	32
5	18	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal		200	0	0	running	83000	30
6	7	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		200	0	0	running	72900	28
7	6	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez		200	0	0	running	72800	26
8	14	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal		200	0	0	running	68900	24
9	2	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi		199	2	5	running	68900	22
10	11	Vitor Meira	4	Panther	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther		199	2	2	running	66800	20
11	10	Dario Franchitti	27	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		199	0	0	running	64700	19
12	17	Marco Andretti	26	NYSE Group	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		199	0	0	running	62900	18
13	12	Tomas Scheckter	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision		196	1	3	running	61000	17
14	15	Buddy Lazier	5	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold		195	0	0	accident	58700	16
15	9	Felipe Giaffone	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt		155	0	0	accident	56800	15
16	8	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez		42	0	0	accident	54900	14
17	16	P.J. Chesson	91	Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Hemelgarn		40	0	0	accident	52800	13
18	20	Jeff Simmons	17	Rahal Letterman Team Ethanol	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal		40	0	0	accident	52800	12
19	13	Tomáš Enge	51	Cheever Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Cheever		25	0	0	accident	50700	12
20	19	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision		25	0	0	accident	48800	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	146	3	0	2	3	3
2	Dan Wheldon	104	3	0	1	2	2
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	94	3	1	0	2	3
4	Scott Dixon	92	3	0	0	2	3
5	Tony Kanaan	89	3	0	0	2	2
6	Kosuke Matsuura	80	3	0	0	0	3
7	Bryan Herta	77	3	0	0	1	2
8	Vitor Meira	64	3	0	0	1	2
9	Dario Franchitti	63	3	1	0	1	1
10	Felipe Giaffone	61	3	0	0	0	2
11	Scott Sharp	60	3	0	0	0	2
12	Danica Patrick	59	3	0	0	0	2
13	Tomas Scheckter	57	3	0	0	0	1
14	Buddy Rice	53	3	0	0	1	1
15	Marco Andretti	48	3	0	0	0	0
16	Buddy Lazier	48	3	0	0	0	0
17	P.J. Chesson	44	3	0	0	0	0
18	Eddie Cheever	39	2	0	0	0	1
19	Ed Carpenter	18	2	0	0	0	0
20	Jeff Simmons	12	1	0	0	0	0
21	Roberto Moreno	12	1	0	0	0	0
22	Tomáš Enge	12	1	0	0	0	0
23	Paul Dana	6	1	0	0	0	0