2007 Indy Japan 300

Race 3 of 17

Motegi
200 laps
Time of race: 1:52:23.2574
Average speed of winner: 162.295 mph
Margin of victory: 0.4828 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 30 laps
Fastest lap: Hélio Castroneves 201.735
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-43, Wheldon 44-83, Kanaan 84-86, Wheldon 87-121, Kanaan 122-134, Wheldon 135-185, Kanaan 186-190, Hornish 191-193, Dixon 194-195, Kanaan 196-200

Race notes: Dan Wheldon took the points lead from Scott Dixon.

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

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	204.777	200	4	26	running	180400	50
2	2	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	205.141	200	3	126	running	157500	43
3	7	Dario Franchitti	27	Canadian Club	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	203.723	200	0	0	running	122700	35
4	6	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	203.753	200	1	2	running	100200	32
5	5	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	203.803	199	1	3	running	89100	30
6	12	Scott Sharp	8	Patron Sharp Rahal Letterman	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	202.640	199	0	0	running	77900	28
7	1	Hélio Castroneves	3	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	205.393	199	1	43	running	85500	26
8	17	Jeff Simmons	17	Rahal Letterman Team Ethanol	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	199.581	199	0	0	running	73400	24
9	8	Tomas Scheckter	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	203.592	199	0	0	running	75400	22
10	11	Buddy Rice	15	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	202.708	199	0	0	running	71100	20
11	4	Danica Patrick	7	Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	204.270	198	0	0	running	68800	19
12	18	Darren Manning	14	ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	199.460	198	0	0	running	66700	18
13	14	A.J. Foyt IV	22	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	202.100	197	0	0	running	64600	17
14	15	Sarah Fisher	5	AAMCO/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	201.871	197	0	0	running	62000	16
15	16	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	201.640	192	0	0	running	59900	15
16	10	Marco Andretti	26	NYSE Group	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	203.129	134	0	0	accident	57800	14
17	13	Vitor Meira	4	Delphi Panther	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	202.275	50	0	0	handling	55500	13
18	9	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic Panther	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	203.138	0	0	0	contact	55500	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dan Wheldon	118	3	1	1	2	3
2	Tony Kanaan	115	3	0	1	3	3
3	Scott Dixon	112	3	0	0	3	3
4	Hélio Castroneves	101	3	2	1	1	3
5	Sam Hornish, Jr.	91	3	0	0	2	3
6	Dario Franchitti	91	3	0	0	2	3
7	Tomas Scheckter	74	3	0	0	0	3
8	Scott Sharp	65	3	0	0	0	1
9	Buddy Rice	60	3	0	0	0	3
10	Vitor Meira	59	3	0	0	1	1
11	Danica Patrick	59	3	0	0	0	1
12	Marco Andretti	58	3	0	0	1	1
13	Ed Carpenter	55	3	0	0	0	1
14	Jeff Simmons	53	3	0	0	0	1
15	Darren Manning	53	3	0	0	0	0
16	Sarah Fisher	50	3	0	0	0	0
17	A.J. Foyt IV	46	3	0	0	0	0
18	Kosuke Matsuura	39	3	0	0	0	0
19	Marty Roth	15	1	0	0	0	0
20	Alex Barron	12	1	0	0	0	0