2006 Firestone Indy 400

Race 11 of 14

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:03:43.7441
Average speed of winner: 193.972 mph
Margin of victory: 1.6229 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
Fastest lap: Kosuke Matsuura 216.387
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-3, Hornish 4-40, Wheldon 41-45, Matsuura 46-52, Herta 53, Meira 54-87, Scheckter 88-89, Wheldon 90-92, Meira 93-129, Wheldon 130-132, Herta 133, Castroneves 134-167, Meira 168-171, Wheldon 172-174, Scheckter 175-176, Castroneves 177-200

Race notes: Hélio Castroneves took the points lead from Sam Hornish, Jr.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Finish/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	216.777	200	3	61	running	125800	50
2	6	Vitor Meira	4	Revive Panther Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	214.170	200	3	75	running	96850	43
3	9	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	213.694	200	4	14	running	88750	35
4	3	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	214.763	200	0	0	running	63000	32
5	8	Tomas Scheckter	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	213.725	200	2	4	running	59300	30
6	13	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	213.164	200	0	0	running	50200	28
7	4	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	214.540	199	0	0	running	48700	26
8	19	Marco Andretti	26	NYSE Group	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	209.886	199	0	0	running	47400	24
9	14	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	212.761	199	1	7	running	49400	22
10	16	Jeff Simmons	17	Rahal Letterman Team Ethanol	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	211.691	199	0	0	running	45900	20
11	12	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	213.207	199	2	2	running	44400	19
12	7	Dario Franchitti	27	Klein Tools/Canadian Club	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	213.851	199	0	0	running	43100	18
13	10	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	213.450	199	0	0	running	41800	17
14	18	Jeff Bucknum	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	210.350	198	0	0	running	40200	16
15	15	Buddy Lazier	5	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	212.248	198	0	0	running	38900	15
16	5	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	214.273	198	0	0	running	37500	14
17	11	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	213.357	197	0	0	down	36100	13
18	17	Marty Roth	25	Roth Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Roth	210.502	192	0	0	running	36100	12
19	2	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	216.466	61	1	37	mechanical	34600	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	376	11	2	4	6	9
2	Sam Hornish, Jr.	368	11	3	3	7	8
3	Dan Wheldon	359	11	2	1	7	9
4	Scott Dixon	345	11	0	2	6	9
5	Vitor Meira	320	11	0	0	6	9
6	Tony Kanaan	309	11	0	1	6	7
7	Marco Andretti	250	11	0	0	3	6
8	Dario Franchitti	249	11	1	0	2	5
9	Tomas Scheckter	239	11	0	0	2	7
10	Danica Patrick	236	11	0	0	2	6
11	Scott Sharp	235	11	0	0	2	7
12	Bryan Herta	234	11	0	0	1	4
13	Kosuke Matsuura	225	11	0	0	0	6
14	Buddy Rice	187	11	0	0	2	2
15	Ed Carpenter	185	10	0	0	0	5
16	Jeff Simmons	151	9	0	0	0	4
17	Felipe Giaffone	142	8	0	0	1	3
18	Buddy Lazier	122	8	0	0	0	0
19	Eddie Cheever	114	7	0	0	0	1
20	Ryan Briscoe	69	3	0	0	1	2
21	Jeff Bucknum	55	4	0	0	0	0
22	P.J. Chesson	54	4	0	0	0	0
23	Michael Andretti	35	1	0	0	1	1
24	Max Papis	16	1	0	0	0	0
25	Roger Yasukawa	14	1	0	0	0	0