2006 - IndyCar - Firestone Indy 400 Race Results
The NTT IndyCar Series is the premier North American open wheel racing series. The Indy Racing League (IRL) series was started by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George in 1996 as a competitor to the CART Series League. In 2008, the IndyCar Series merged with the Champ Car World Series (formerly CART). The series is now sanctioned by INDYCAR.
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2006 - IndyCar - Firestone Indy 400
Race Name - Firestone Indy 400Date - 7/30/2006Race Track - Michigan International SpeedwayNumber of Starting Cars - 19Laps Run - 200 Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Helio Castroneves / 216.777 mphCautions - 2 cautions for 10 laps Average Race Speed - 193.972 mphLead Changes - 7 Leader(s) with 15 Lead ChangesLap Leader - Vitor Meira Race Number - 11Finish | Start | Driver | Sponsor (Owner) | Chassis | Engine | Qualify Speed |
1 | 1 | Helio Castroneves | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 216.777 |
2 | 6 | Vitor Meira | Revive Panther Racing | Dallara | Honda | 214.17 |
3 | 9 | Dan Wheldon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara | Honda | 213.694 |
4 | 3 | Tony Kanaan | Team 7Eleven | Dallara | Honda | 214.763 |
5 | 8 | Tomas Scheckter | Vision Racing | Dallara | Honda | 213.725 |
6 | 13 | Scott Sharp | Delphi | Dallara | Honda | 213.164 |
7 | 4 | Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | Dallara | Honda | 214.54 |
8 | 19 | Marco Andretti | NYSE Group | Dallara | Honda | 209.886 |
9 | 14 | Kosuke Matsuura | Panasonic ARTA | Dallara | Honda | 212.761 |
10 | 16 | Jeff Simmons | Rahal Letterman Team Ethanol | Dallara | Honda | 211.691 |
11 | 12 | Bryan Herta | XM Satellite Radio | Dallara | Honda | 213.207 |
12 | 7 | Dario Franchitti | Klein Tools/Canadian Club | Dallara | Honda | 213.851 |
13 | 10 | Buddy Rice | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent | Dallara | Honda | 213.45 |
14 | 18 | Jeff Bucknum | ABC Supply Co/AJ Foyt Racing | Dallara | Honda | 210.35 |
15 | 15 | Buddy Lazier | Dreyer Reinbold Racing | Dallara | Honda | 212.248 |
16 | 5 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara | Honda | 214.273 |
17 | 11 | Danica Patrick | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent | Dallara | Honda | 213.357 |
18 | 17 | Marty Roth | Roth Racing | Dallara | Honda | 210.502 |
19 | 2 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 216.466 |