2005 Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix

Race 16 of 17

Watkins Glen
60 laps
Time of race: 1:45:42.3804
Average speed of winner: 114.771 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 7 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 7 laps
Fastest lap: Scott Dixon 131.375
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-21, Kanaan 22, Wheldon 23-28, Castroneves 29-30, Dixon 31-42, Kanaan 43-44, Hornish 45-47, Dixon 48-60

Race notes: Finale for Giorgio Pantano.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	133.497	60	2	25	running	120800	53
2	5	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	133.381	60	2	3	running	90200	40
3	6	Dario Franchitti	27	ArcaEx	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	132.995	60	0	0	running	75400	35
4	2	Giorgio Pantano	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	133.774	60	0	0	running	60700	32
5	9	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	130.493	60	1	6	running	55300	30
6	15	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	129.399	60	0	0	running	50600	28
7	11	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	129.961	60	1	3	running	47200	26
8	14	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	129.519	60	0	0	running	46000	24
9	18	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	127.827	60	0	0	running	46000	22
10	3	Patrick Carpentier	83	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever	133.629	60	0	0	running	44600	20
11	19	Jeff Bucknum	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	127.129	60	0	0	running	43200	19
12	1	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	133.806	59	2	23	running	51900	18
13	12	Tomáš Enge	2	ROCKSTAR Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	129.909	59	0	0	running	40700	17
14	20	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Vision	123.922	59	0	0	running	39100	16
15	17	Roger Yasukawa	24	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	128.314	58	0	0	running	37900	15
16	16	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	129.261	58	0	0	running	36600	14
17	13	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Cheever	129.777	58	0	0	running	35200	13
18	7	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal Letterman Menards Johns Manville	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	131.065	48	0	0	electrical	35200	12
19	8	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	130.643	27	0	0	accident	33800	12
20	10	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	130.381	4	0	0	mechanical	32600	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dan Wheldon	600	16	0	6	12	14
2	Tony Kanaan	508	16	1	2	11	13
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	482	16	3	2	8	11
4	Dario Franchitti	448	16	0	1	7	12
5	Hélio Castroneves	418	16	2	1	8	10
6	Scott Sharp	412	16	0	1	5	12
7	Vitor Meira	387	16	0	0	6	10
8	Bryan Herta	378	16	3	1	4	9
9	Tomas Scheckter	361	16	2	1	6	7
10	Patrick Carpentier	361	16	0	0	3	11
11	Alex Barron	313	16	0	0	2	6
12	Danica Patrick	313	16	2	0	2	7
13	Kosuke Matsuura	308	16	0	0	0	7
14	Scott Dixon	301	16	0	1	1	4
15	Buddy Rice	277	15	0	0	2	4
16	Tomáš Enge	237	14	0	0	1	3
17	Ryan Briscoe	232	15	1	0	0	3
18	Ed Carpenter	232	16	0	0	0	1
19	Roger Yasukawa	232	16	0	0	0	0
20	A.J. Foyt IV	219	14	0	0	0	2
21	Darren Manning	186	10	0	0	0	5
22	Jimmy Kite	146	10	0	0	0	1
23	Buddy Lazier	140	6	0	0	1	5
24	Jaques Lazier	68	5	0	0	0	0
25	Jeff Bucknum	63	4	0	0	0	1