2006 - IndyCar - Indy Japan 300 Race Results

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2006 - IndyCar - Indy Japan 300

Race Name - Indy Japan 300
Date - 4/22/2006
Race Track - Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway
Number of Starting Cars - 20
Laps Run - 200
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Helio Castroneves / mph
Cautions - 3 cautions for 32 laps
Average Race Speed - 153.248 mph
Lead Changes - 6 Leader(s) with 10 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Helio Castroneves
Race Number - 3

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda
2	3	Dan Wheldon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda
3	5	Tony Kanaan	Team 7Eleven	Dallara	Honda
4	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda
5	18	Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Panoz	Honda
6	7	Bryan Herta	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda
7	6	Kosuke Matsuura	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda
8	14	Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Panoz	Honda
9	2	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda
10	11	Vitor Meira	Panther	Dallara	Honda
11	10	Dario Franchitti	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda
12	17	Marco Andretti	NYSE Group	Dallara	Honda
13	12	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda
14	15	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda
15	9	Felipe Giaffone	ABC Supply Co/AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda
16	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi	Dallara	Honda
17	16	P.J. Chesson	Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Honda
18	20	Jeff Simmons	Rahal Letterman Team Ethanol	Panoz	Honda
19	13	Tomaa#353; Enge	Cheever Racing	Dallara	Honda
20	19	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda