2005 Indy Japan 300

Race 4 of 17

Motegi
200 laps
Time of race: 2:16:46.0711
Average speed of winner: 133.365 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 59 laps
Fastest lap: Dan Wheldon 201.290
Lap leaders: Hornish pole, Patrick 1-18, Hornish 19-32, Patrick 33-46, Franchitti 47-61, Herta 62-66, Franchitti 67-75, Kanaan 76-79, Franchitti 80-122, Wheldon 123-150, Scheckter 151-197, Wheldon 198-200

Race notes: Debut for Jeff Bucknum.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2, Part 3 (Start), Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13 (Finish)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	204.227	200	2	31	running	148600	50
2	3	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	204.455	200	0	0	running	125250	40
3	11	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	202.749	200	0	0	running	103250	35
4	2	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	204.502	200	2	32	running	83700	32
5	15	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	200.154	200	1	5	running	76500	30
6	10	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	203.332	199	1	4	running	67700	28
7	1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	204.740	199	1	14	running	75800	26
8	12	Darren Manning	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	202.490	199	0	0	running	64200	24
9	9	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	203.552	199	0	0	running	64200	22
10	6	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	204.212	198	1	47	running	62400	20
11	4	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	204.447	198	0	0	accident	60500	19
12	13	Ryan Briscoe	33	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	202.286	197	0	0	running	58900	18
13	14	Patrick Carpentier	83	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever	200.770	196	0	0	running	57200	17
14	19	A.J. Foyt IV	14	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	198.687	196	0	0	running	55200	16
15	7	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal Letterman Racing Menards Johns Manville	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	204.160	166	0	0	running	53500	15
16	20	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Vision	198.002	136	0	0	accident	51900	14
17	8	Dario Franchitti	27	ArcaEx	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	203.990	123	3	67	accident	60000	16
18	21	Roger Yasukawa	24	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	197.674	112	0	0	engine	50000	12
19	16	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever	200.149	57	0	0	mechanical	48200	12
20	22	Paul Dana	91	Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Hemelgarn	195.682	56	0	0	handling	46500	12
21	17	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	200.090	0	0	0	accident	46500	12
22	18	Jeff Bucknum	44	Investment Properties of America	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	200.061	0	0	0	accident	16500	12
23	23	Tomáš Enge	2	ROCKSTAR Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther		0	0	0	did not start	46500	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dan Wheldon	184	4	0	3	3	4
2	Tony Kanaan	138	4	0	0	3	4
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	131	4	1	1	2	3
4	Bryan Herta	104	4	2	0	2	3
5	Hélio Castroneves	101	4	0	0	2	2
6	Scott Sharp	99	4	0	0	2	2
7	Darren Manning	98	4	0	0	0	4
8	Vitor Meira	96	4	0	0	2	2
9	Dario Franchitti	95	4	0	0	2	2
10	Patrick Carpentier	89	4	0	0	0	3
11	Buddy Rice	85	4	0	0	1	2
12	Danica Patrick	80	4	0	0	1	1
13	Kosuke Matsuura	77	4	0	0	0	2
14	Alex Barron	73	4	0	0	0	2
15	Scott Dixon	72	4	0	0	0	1
16	A.J. Foyt IV	66	4	0	0	0	1
17	Tomas Scheckter	65	4	1	0	0	1
18	Ryan Briscoe	61	4	0	0	0	0
19	Roger Yasukawa	56	4	0	0	0	0
20	Ed Carpenter	52	4	0	0	0	0
21	Tomáš Enge	50	4	0	0	0	0
22	Paul Dana	44	3	0	0	0	1
23	Jeff Bucknum	12	1	0	0	0	0