2006 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

Race 4 of 14

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:10:58.7590
Average speed of winner: 157.085 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0635 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 44 laps
Fastest lap: Scott Dixon 221.251
Lap leaders: Hornish pole, Castroneves 1-9, Wheldon 10-34, Hornish 35-37, Kanaan 38, Wheldon 39-107, Dixon 108-110, Wheldon 111-124, Dixon 125-127, Wheldon 128-129, Hornish 130-144, Wheldon 145-182, Kanaan 183-193, Mi. Andretti 194-197, Ma. Andretti 198-199, Hornish 200

Race notes: Finale for Airton Daré, Larry Foyt, Stéphan Grégoire, P.J. Jones, and Max Papis. Only start for Arie Luyendyk, Jr. and Thiago Medeiros.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	228.985	200	3	19	running	1744855	50
2	9	Marco Andretti	26	NYSE Group	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	224.918	200	1	2	running	688505	40
3	13	Michael Andretti	1	Jim Beam/Vonage	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	224.508	200	1	4	running	455105	35
4	3	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	227.338	200	5	148	running	571405	35
5	5	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	226.776	200	2	12	running	340405	30
6	4	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	226.921	200	2	6	running	361005	28
7	18	Dario Franchitti	27	Klein Tools/Canadian Club	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	223.345	200	0	0	running	307905	26
8	10	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	224.674	200	0	0	running	285805	24
9	8	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	225.321	200	0	0	running	283805	22
10	6	Vitor Meira	4	Panther	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	226.156	200	0	0	running	267705	20
11	12	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	224.548	199	0	0	running	264805	19
12	26	Buddy Lazier	5	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	220.922	199	0	0	running	274805	18
13	20	Eddie Cheever	51	Cheever Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Cheever	222.028	198	0	0	running	255805	17
14	19	Max Papis	52	Cheever Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Cheever	222.058	197	0	0	running	229305	16
15	7	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	225.530	196	0	0	running	247805	15
16	29	Roger Yasukawa	12	Playa Del Racing	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Playa Del	218.793	194	0	0	running	228805	14
17	25	Jaques Lazier	21	Playa Del Racing	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Playa Del	221.151	193	0	0	running	219305	13
18	30	Airton Daré	88	OCTANE Motors/Sanitec/SSM	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	218.170	193	0	0	running	216805	12
19	33	P.J. Jones	98	CURB Records	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Baker	215.816	189	0	0	running	214305	12
20	17	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	224.179	188	0	0	running	234805	12
21	22	Felipe Giaffone	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	221.542	177	0	0	accident	227305	12
22	15	Townsend Bell	90	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	224.374	161	0	0	suspension	204555	12
23	27	Jeff Simmons	17	Rahal Letterman Team Ethanol	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	220.347	152	0	0	accident	222305	12
24	28	Al Unser, Jr.	31	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	219.388	145	0	0	accident	200305	12
25	2	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	228.008	109	1	9	accident	290355	10
26	14	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	224.393	108	0	0	accident	224805	10
27	11	Tomas Scheckter	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	224.659	65	0	0	accident	215305	10
28	32	Arie Luyendyk, Jr.	61	Luyendyk Racing	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Luyendyk	216.352	54	0	0	handling	196055	10
29	31	Stéphan Grégoire	97	Effen Vodka Team Leader Special	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Baker	217.428	49	0	0	handling	193305	10
30	24	Larry Foyt	41	AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	221.332	43	0	0	handling	192305	10
31	34	Thiago Medeiros	18	PDM Racing	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	PDM	215.729	24	0	0	electrical	227555	10
32	23	Jeff Bucknum	92	Life Fitness	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Hemelgarn	221.461	1	0	0	accident	193805	10
33	21	P.J. Chesson	91	Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Hemelgarn	221.576	1	0	0	accident	211555	10

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	156	4	0	2	3	3
2	Sam Hornish, Jr.	144	4	2	1	3	4
3	Dan Wheldon	139	4	0	1	3	3
4	Scott Dixon	120	4	0	0	2	4
5	Tony Kanaan	119	4	0	0	3	3
6	Kosuke Matsuura	95	4	0	0	0	3
7	Bryan Herta	89	4	0	0	1	2
8	Dario Franchitti	89	4	1	0	1	2
9	Marco Andretti	88	4	0	0	1	1
10	Vitor Meira	84	4	0	0	1	3
11	Danica Patrick	83	4	0	0	0	3
12	Scott Sharp	82	4	0	0	0	3
13	Felipe Giaffone	73	4	0	0	0	2
14	Tomas Scheckter	67	4	0	0	0	1
15	Buddy Lazier	66	4	0	0	0	0
16	Buddy Rice	63	4	0	0	1	1
17	Eddie Cheever	56	3	0	0	0	1
18	P.J. Chesson	54	4	0	0	0	0
19	Ed Carpenter	37	3	0	0	0	0
20	Michael Andretti	35	1	0	0	1	1
21	Jeff Simmons	24	2	0	0	0	0
22	Max Papis	16	1	0	0	0	0
23	Roger Yasukawa	14	1	0	0	0	0
24	Jaques Lazier	13	1	0	0	0	0
25	Airton Daré	12	1	0	0	0	0