2004 SunTrust Indy Challenge

Race 6 of 16

Richmond
250 laps
Time of race: 1:38:10.6077
Average speed of winner: 114.589 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 3 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 77 laps
Fastest lap: Sam Hornish, Jr. 169.419
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-37, Hornish 38-113, Franchitti 114-192, Wheldon 193-250

Race notes: Finale for Greg Ray.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	20	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	164.935	250	1	58	running	100800	50
2	8	Vitor Meira	17	Rahal-Letterman Team Centrix	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	169.901	250	0	0	running	82900	40
3	1	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	171.202	250	1	37	running	79700	35
4	7	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	170.182	250	0	0	running	56400	32
5	10	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	168.987	250	0	0	running	51600	30
6	2	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal-Letterman Argent/Pioneer	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	170.782	250	0	0	running	45700	28
7	16	Adrián Fernández	5	Quaker State Telmex Tecate	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	167.597	250	0	0	running	44400	26
8	6	Scott Dixon	1	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	170.405	250	0	0	running	43200	24
9	17	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	167.161	248	0	0	running	45200	22
10	18	Felipe Giaffone	24	Team Purex/Dreyer and Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	166.841	248	0	0	running	44100	20
11	21	A.J. Foyt IV	14	Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	162.799	248	0	0	running	40700	19
12	12	Dario Franchitti	27	Arca/Ex	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	168.334	247	1	79	running	47200	21
13	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	170.623	246	1	76	running	48500	17
14	13	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	168.260	246	0	0	running	37100	16
15	19	Greg Ray	13	Access Motorsports	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Access	166.461	245	0	0	running	36000	15
16	14	Ed Carpenter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	168.132	244	0	0	running	34800	14
17	5	Tomas Scheckter	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	170.592	222	0	0	accident	33600	13
18	3	Mark Taylor	2	Menards/Johns Manville Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	170.683	217	0	0	accident	33600	12
19	9	Tora Takagi	12	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	169.241	157	0	0	handling	32400	12
20	11	Darren Manning	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	168.924	132	0	0	accident	31200	12
21	22	Al Unser, Jr.	20	Patrick Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Patrick	158.601	119	0	0	handling	31200	12
22	15	Alex Barron	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	167.945	9	0	0	accident	31200	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Kanaan	240	6	0	2	5	6
2	Dan Wheldon	225	6	2	2	5	5
3	Hélio Castroneves	181	6	1	0	3	5
4	Buddy Rice	172	6	2	1	1	5
5	Scott Dixon	146	6	0	0	2	4
6	Sam Hornish, Jr.	136	6	0	1	2	2
7	Darren Manning	136	6	0	0	2	4
8	Bryan Herta	135	6	0	0	2	3
9	Dario Franchitti	129	6	1	0	1	2
10	Alex Barron	129	6	0	0	2	2
11	Tora Takagi	120	6	0	0	1	4
12	Scott Sharp	112	6	0	0	0	3
13	Kosuke Matsuura	111	6	0	0	0	1
14	Vitor Meira	109	4	0	0	1	3
15	Adrián Fernández	106	5	0	0	1	3
16	Greg Ray	99	6	0	0	0	2
17	Tomas Scheckter	98	6	0	0	1	1
18	A.J. Foyt IV	87	6	0	0	0	0
19	Mark Taylor	79	6	0	0	0	0
20	Ed Carpenter	78	6	0	0	0	0
21	Felipe Giaffone	57	3	0	0	0	2
22	Robbie Buhl	44	3	0	0	0	1
23	Al Unser, Jr.	44	3	0	0	0	0
24	Roger Yasukawa	39	2	0	0	0	1
25	Bruno Junqueira	30	1	0	0	1	1