2011 Firestone Twin 275s - Race #1

Race 6 of 17

Texas
114 laps
Time of race: 0:54:47.2787
Average speed of winner: 181.649 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0527 sec.
Lead changes: 7 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 10 laps
Fastest lap: E.J. Viso 216.263
Lap leaders: Tagliani pole, Franchitti 1, Tagliani 2, Franchitti 3-50, Dixon 51, Castroneves 52, Meira 53, Franchitti 54-114

Race notes: Debut for Wade Cunningham.

Video links: Entire race (includes second race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Dario Franchitti	10	Huggies	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	214.801	114	3	110	running	17500	27
2	7	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	214.021	114	1	1	running	12500	20
3	3	Will Power	12	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	214.716	114	0	0	running	10000	18
4	1	Alex Tagliani	77	Bowers & Wilkins/Schmidt Pelfrey Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	215.186	114	1	1	running	7500	17
5	4	Takuma Sato	5	KV Racing Technology - Lotus	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	214.470	114	0	0	running	5000	15
6	9	Ryan Briscoe	6	Guidepoint Systems Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	213.891	114	0	0	running	0	14
7	19	E.J. Viso	59	PDVSA - KV Racing Technology - Lotus	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	212.494	114	0	0	running	0	13
8	12	Vitor Meira	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	213.429	114	1	1	running	0	12
9	20	Graham Rahal	38	Service Central	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	212.404	114	0	0	running	0	11
10	13	Hélio Castroneves	3	AAA Insurance Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	213.232	114	1	1	running	0	10
11	6	Tony Kanaan	82	GEICO - KV Racing Technology - Lotus	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	214.252	114	0	0	running	0	9
12	21	Paul Tracy	8	Dragon Racing - Motegi Wheels	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dragon	212.305	114	0	0	running	0	9
13	23	Marco Andretti	26	Team Venom Energy	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti	212.223	113	0	0	running	0	8
14	25	Alex Lloyd	19	Boy Scouts of America	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	212.091	113	0	0	running	0	8
15	28	Jay Howard	88	Service Central - Schmidt RLL Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	211.691	113	0	0	running	0	7
16	10	Danica Patrick	7	Team GoDaddy	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti	213.850	113	0	0	running	0	7
17	27	Justin Wilson	22	Z-Line Designs/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	211.762	113	0	0	running	0	6
18	5	Ed Carpenter	67	Dollar General Sarah Fisher Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fisher	214.373	113	0	0	running	0	6
19	16	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	Sun Drop/DHL/Snapple	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti	212.938	113	0	0	running	0	6
20	15	James Hinchcliffe	06	Sprott Newman/Haas Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	212.970	113	0	0	running	0	6
21	14	Oriol Servià	2	Telemundo Newman/Haas Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	213.023	112	0	0	running	0	6
22	24	Ana Beatriz	24	Ipiranga/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	212.221	112	0	0	running	0	6
23	11	J.R. Hildebrand	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	213.458	112	0	0	running	0	6
24	22	Mike Conway	27	Hire Heroes USA/Dr. Pepper/7-Eleven/DHL	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti	212.260	112	0	0	running	0	6
25	30	James Jakes	18	Acorn Stairlifts	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	no speed	112	0	0	running	0	5
26	29	Simona de Silvestro	78	Nuclear Clean Air Energy/HVM Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	HVM	210.855	111	0	0	running	0	5
27	18	Davey Hamilton	11	HP Everybody On/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	212.555	109	0	0	running	0	5
28	26	Sebastian Saavedra	34	Conquest Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Conquest	212.033	97	0	0	running	0	5
29	8	Wade Cunningham	99	Creatherm Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	214.013	92	0	0	contact	0	5
30	17	Charlie Kimball	83	Levemir and NovoLog FlexPen	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	212.797	91	0	0	contact	0	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Will Power	212	6	4	2	4	5
2	Dario Franchitti	205	6	0	2	5	5
3	Oriol Servià	158	6	0	0	2	5
4	Scott Dixon	149	6	0	0	3	3
5	Tony Kanaan	144	6	0	0	2	4
6	Graham Rahal	131	6	0	0	2	3
7	Ryan Briscoe	128	6	0	0	2	3
8	Alex Tagliani	127	6	2	0	2	3
9	J.R. Hildebrand	119	6	0	0	1	2
10	Takuma Sato	109	6	0	0	2	3
11	Mike Conway	108	5	0	1	1	2
12	Vitor Meira	108	6	0	0	0	3
13	Marco Andretti	103	6	0	0	1	2
14	Danica Patrick	99	6	0	0	0	2
15	Simona de Silvestro	97	6	0	0	1	2
16	Hélio Castroneves	95	6	0	0	0	2
17	Justin Wilson	94	6	0	0	0	2
18	James Hinchcliffe	86	5	0	0	1	2
19	Charlie Kimball	83	6	0	0	0	1
20	E.J. Viso	78	6	0	0	0	1
21	Ryan Hunter-Reay	70	6	0	0	0	0
22	Raphael Matos	67	4	0	0	0	1
23	Sebastian Saavedra	67	5	0	0	0	0
24	Ana Beatriz	61	5	0	0	0	0
25	James Jakes	60	5	0	0	0	0