2004 Menards A.J. Foyt Indy 225

Race 9 of 16

Milwaukee
225 laps
Time of race: 1:46:49.4110
Average speed of winner: 128.272 mph
Margin of victory: 0.6590 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 39 laps
Fastest lap: Dario Franchitti 160.229
Lap leaders: Meira pole, Kanaan 1-16, Hornish 17-42, Herta 43-60, Castroneves 61-105, Franchitti 106-113, Castroneves 114, Franchitti 115-146, Hornish 147-154, Franchitti 155-225

Race notes: First win for Dario Franchitti. Last pole for Vitor Meira.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 (Finish), Part 11 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Dario Franchitti	27	Arca/Ex	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	167.312	225	3	111	running	107900	53
2	3	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Pioneer Argent	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	168.272	225	0	0	running	82900	40
3	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	168.258	225	2	34	running	69600	35
4	2	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	168.597	225	1	16	running	56500	32
5	1	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal-Letterman Team Centrix	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	169.338	225	0	0	running	61600	30
6	12	Townsend Bell	2	Menards/Johns Manville Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	165.826	225	0	0	running	45600	28
7	15	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	164.162	225	0	0	running	46400	26
8	6	Adrián Fernández	5	Quaker State Telmex Tecate	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	168.001	224	0	0	running	45300	24
9	11	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	165.878	224	1	38	running	43300	22
10	20	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	159.973	223	0	0	running	42000	20
11	14	Ed Carpenter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	164.278	223	0	0	running	40800	19
12	5	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	168.093	222	2	26	running	49600	18
13	13	Felipe Giaffone	24	Team Purex/Dreyer and Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	165.210	221	0	0	running	39500	17
14	16	Mark Taylor	13	Access Motorsports	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Access	163.669	221	0	0	running	37100	16
15	19	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	161.537	218	0	0	running	36500	15
16	18	A.J. Foyt IV	14	Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	161.869	214	0	0	running	34900	14
17	9	Jaques Lazier	20	Patrick Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Patrick	166.375	205	0	0	accident	33600	13
18	21	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	164.068	147	0	0	mechanical	33600	12
19	10	Darren Manning	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	166.080	143	0	0	accident	32400	12
20	17	Tora Takagi	12	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	162.847	110	0	0	engine	31800	12
21	8	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	166.829	32	0	0	transmission	31300	12
22	22	Scott Dixon	1	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi		0	0	0	did not start	31300	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Kanaan	357	9	0	3	8	9
2	Buddy Rice	293	9	4	2	3	8
3	Dan Wheldon	276	9	2	2	5	6
4	Hélio Castroneves	260	9	1	0	4	7
5	Sam Hornish, Jr.	235	9	0	1	4	5
6	Dario Franchitti	226	9	1	1	3	4
7	Scott Dixon	200	9	0	0	2	5
8	Vitor Meira	200	7	1	0	3	5
9	Darren Manning	199	9	0	0	3	5
10	Bryan Herta	199	9	0	0	3	5
11	Alex Barron	188	9	0	0	2	4
12	Adrián Fernández	178	8	0	0	1	6
13	Kosuke Matsuura	165	9	0	0	0	3
14	Tora Takagi	163	9	0	0	1	4
15	Scott Sharp	155	9	0	0	0	3
16	Tomas Scheckter	137	9	0	0	1	1
17	A.J. Foyt IV	132	9	0	0	0	0
18	Ed Carpenter	125	9	0	0	0	0
19	Mark Taylor	121	8	0	0	0	1
20	Felipe Giaffone	103	6	0	0	0	2
21	Greg Ray	99	6	0	0	0	2
22	Townsend Bell	71	3	0	0	1	2
23	Robbie Buhl	44	3	0	0	0	1
24	Al Unser, Jr.	44	3	0	0	0	0
25	Roger Yasukawa	39	2	0	0	0	1