2005 Firestone Indy 200

Race 9 of 17

Nashville (IRL)
200 laps
Time of race: 1:57:12.9129
Average speed of winner: 133.089 mph
Margin of victory: 1.3163 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 52 laps
Fastest lap: Scott Sharp 201.130
Lap leaders: Scheckter 1-3, Franchitti 4-31, Herta 32-39, Kanaan 40-94, Franchitti 95-96, Kanaan 97-116, Franchitti 117-122, Patrick 123-131, Franchitti 132-162, Barron 163-168, Carpentier 169-193, Franchitti 194-200

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

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dario Franchitti	27	ArcaEx	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		200	5	74	running	96300	50
2	13	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske		200	0	0	running	80150	40
3	17	Patrick Carpentier	83	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever		200	1	25	running	69150	35
4	8	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez		200	0	0	running	54500	32
5	15	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske		200	0	0	running	49900	30
6	12	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi		200	0	0	running	44200	28
7	2	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal		200	1	9	running	43000	26
8	10	Ryan Briscoe	33	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi		200	0	0	running	42000	24
9	3	Buddy Lazier	95	Pennzoil/Byrd's/American Sentry Guard	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther		200	0	0	running	42000	22
10	22	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Vision		199	0	0	running	40800	20
11	21	Roger Yasukawa	24	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold		199	0	0	running	39600	19
12	20	A.J. Foyt IV	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt		199	0	0	running	38600	18
13	23	Jimmy Kite	91	Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Hemelgarn		195	0	0	running	37500	17
14	18	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez		176	0	0	accident	36200	16
15	19	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever		175	1	6	accident	35100	15
16	6	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal Letterman Menards Johns Manville	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal		175	0	0	accident	34100	14
17	1	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther		160	1	3	mechanical	32900	13
18	14	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal		134	0	0	mechanical	32900	12
19	7	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		116	2	75	accident	41700	15
20	9	Darren Manning	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi		115	0	0	accident	30600	12
21	5	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		96	0	0	suspension	30600	12
22	16	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		75	1	8	suspension	30600	12
23	11	Tomáš Enge	2	ROCKSTAR Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther		27	0	0	accident	30600	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dan Wheldon	347	9	0	4	6	8
2	Tony Kanaan	274	9	1	1	5	7
3	Dario Franchitti	269	9	0	1	5	7
4	Hélio Castroneves	260	9	0	1	5	7
5	Sam Hornish, Jr.	256	9	2	1	4	5
6	Scott Sharp	230	9	0	0	4	6
7	Vitor Meira	219	9	0	0	4	5
8	Bryan Herta	210	9	2	0	3	6
9	Tomas Scheckter	205	9	2	1	3	4
10	Patrick Carpentier	201	9	0	0	2	5
11	Danica Patrick	197	9	1	0	2	5
12	Darren Manning	174	9	0	0	0	5
13	Alex Barron	166	9	0	0	0	3
14	Kosuke Matsuura	166	9	0	0	0	4
15	Scott Dixon	155	9	0	0	0	2
16	Buddy Rice	148	8	0	0	1	3
17	Ryan Briscoe	147	9	0	0	0	2
18	A.J. Foyt IV	136	9	0	0	0	1
19	Ed Carpenter	134	9	0	0	0	1
20	Tomáš Enge	131	9	0	0	0	1
21	Roger Yasukawa	128	9	0	0	0	0
22	Jimmy Kite	68	5	0	0	0	0
23	Buddy Lazier	52	2	0	0	1	2
24	Paul Dana	44	3	0	0	0	1
25	Jeff Bucknum	24	2	0	0	0	0