2006 Kansas Lottery Indy 300

Race 8 of 14

Kansas
200 laps
Time of race: 1:49:00.3423
Average speed of winner: 167.331 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0793 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 31 laps
Fastest lap: Hélio Castroneves 210.585
Lap leaders: Wheldon 1-6, Hornish 7-40, Dixon 41-45, Hornish 46-98, Wheldon 99, Hornish 100-137, Wheldon 138-139, Hornish 140-148, Wheldon 149-153, Sharp 154, Wheldon 155-183, Hornish 184-196, Wheldon 197-198, Hornish 199-200

Race notes: Finale for Eddie Cheever and Felipe Giaffone. Sam Hornish, Jr. took the points lead from Hélio Castroneves.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 (Finish/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	213.372	200	6	149	running	125800	53
2	1	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	213.536	200	6	45	running	104850	40
3	6	Vitor Meira	4	Panther	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	212.146	200	0	0	running	80750	35
4	3	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	212.533	200	1	5	running	63000	32
5	13	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	209.368	200	0	0	running	57300	30
6	4	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	212.472	200	0	0	running	50200	28
7	8	Tomas Scheckter	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	210.409	200	0	0	running	50700	26
8	5	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	212.404	200	0	0	running	47400	24
9	11	Marco Andretti	26	NYSE Group	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	209.884	199	0	0	running	47400	22
10	17	Jeff Simmons	17	Rahal Letterman Team Ethanol	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	208.616	199	0	0	running	45900	20
11	12	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	209.495	198	0	0	running	44400	19
12	14	Dario Franchitti	27	Klein Tools/Canadian Club	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	209.336	198	0	0	running	43100	18
13	15	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	209.023	197	0	0	running	41800	17
14	19	Eddie Cheever	51	Cheever Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Cheever	207.021	196	0	0	running	40200	16
15	7	Buddy Lazier	5	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	210.711	194	0	0	running	38900	15
16	16	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	208.629	184	0	0	running	37500	14
17	9	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	210.387	174	0	0	accident	36100	13
18	10	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	210.384	165	1	1	accident	38100	12
19	18	Felipe Giaffone	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	207.410	66	0	0	handling	34600	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	300	8	3	3	6	7
2	Hélio Castroneves	280	8	0	3	4	7
3	Scott Dixon	261	8	0	1	5	7
4	Dan Wheldon	257	8	1	1	5	6
5	Vitor Meira	227	8	0	0	4	7
6	Tony Kanaan	206	8	0	0	4	5
7	Scott Sharp	176	8	0	0	2	6
8	Dario Franchitti	175	8	1	0	2	3
9	Kosuke Matsuura	173	8	0	0	0	5
10	Marco Andretti	172	8	0	0	2	3
11	Bryan Herta	170	8	0	0	1	3
12	Danica Patrick	159	8	0	0	0	4
13	Tomas Scheckter	159	8	0	0	0	5
14	Felipe Giaffone	142	8	0	0	1	3
15	Buddy Rice	137	8	0	0	2	2
16	Ed Carpenter	125	7	0	0	0	3
17	Eddie Cheever	114	7	0	0	0	1
18	Buddy Lazier	107	7	0	0	0	0
19	Jeff Simmons	83	6	0	0	0	1
20	P.J. Chesson	54	4	0	0	0	0
21	Ryan Briscoe	35	1	0	0	1	1
22	Michael Andretti	35	1	0	0	1	1
23	Max Papis	16	1	0	0	0	0
24	Roger Yasukawa	14	1	0	0	0	0
25	Jaques Lazier	13	1	0	0	0	0