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2004 Indy Japan 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post IndyCar Series race number 3 of 16 Saturday, April 17, 2004 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan 200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles) Time of race: 1:49:48 Average speed: 166.114 mph Pole speed: 205.762 mph Cautions: 3 for 23 laps Margin of victory: 1.445 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    2004 IndyCar Series results   /   2004 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 26   Dan Wheldon Klein Tools / Jim Beam   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 179400 running 192 53 2 3 11   Tony Kanaan Team 7-Eleven   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 125050 running 0 40 3 15 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/T/F 200 104650 running 4 35 4 10 10   Darren Manning Target   (Chip Ganassi) G/T/F 200 84800 running 2 32 5 6 1   Scott Dixon Target   (Chip Ganassi) G/T/F 200 77400 running 0 30 6 5 15   Buddy Rice Argent Mortgage / Pioneer   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) G/H/F 200 68400 running 0 28 7 9 27   Dario Franchitti Alpine   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 199 66600 running 0 26 8 4 55   Kosuke Matsuura Panasonic ARTA   (Adrian Fernandez) G/H/F 199 64900 running 0 24 9 12 8   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Tom Kelley) D/T/F 199 64900 running 2 22 10 21 12   Tora Takagi Pioneer   (Mo Nunn) D/T/F 199 65000 running 0 20 11 13 16   Roger Yasukawa Sammy   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) G/H/F 198 61100 running 0 19 12 22 51   Alex Barron Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/C/F 196 59400 running 0 18 13 16 4   Tomas Scheckter Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 184 57800 running 0 17 14 11 7   Bryan Herta XM Satellite Radio   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 183 55700 radiator 0 16 15 17 14   A.J. Foyt IV Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) D/T/F 169 54000 running 0 15 16 14 2   Mark Taylor Menards / Johns Manville   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 167 52300 crash 0 14 17 8 17   Vitor Meira BEA Systems   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) G/H/F 166 50400 clutch 0 13 18 18 5   Adrian Fernandez Quaker State / Telmex / Tecate   (Adrian Fernandez) G/H/F 153 50400 engine 0 12 19 7 6   Sam Hornish, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/T/F 87 48600 crash 0 12 20 2 13   Greg Ray Renovac   (Access Motorsports) G/H/F 55 46900 suspension 0 12 21 20 24   Robbie Buhl Team Purex   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/C/F 38 46900 handling 0 12 22 19 52   Ed Carpenter Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/C/F 38 46900 mechanical 0 12 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force   Engine: C - Chevrolet; H - Honda; T - Toyota   Tires: F - Firestone

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 77 77     78 84 7   debris turn 3   85 87 3     88 95 8   #6 accident turn 1   96 168 73     169 176 8   #2 accident turn 2   177 200 24       Percent of race run under caution: 11.5%             Average green flag run: 44.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dan Wheldon 1 47 47   Scott Sharp 48 49 2   Dan Wheldon 50 136 87   Darren Manning 137 138 2   Helio Castroneves 139 142 4   Dan Wheldon 143 200 58 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dan Wheldon 123     2   Tony Kanaan 117   -6   3   Helio Castroneves 106   -17   4   Darren Manning 90   -33   5   Scott Dixon 82   -41   6   Sam Hornish, Jr. 77   -46   7   Tora Takagi 76   -47   7   Buddy Rice 76   -47   9   Alex Barron 64   -59   10   Kosuke Matsuura 62   -61   11   Scott Sharp 61   -62   11   Tomas Scheckter 61   -62   13   Bryan Herta 59   -64   14   Dario Franchitti 52   -71   15   Greg Ray 48   -75   16   A.J. Foyt IV 46   -77   17   Mark Taylor 44   -79   17   Robbie Buhl 44   -79   19   Ed Carpenter 42   -81   20   Adrian Fernandez 24   -99   21   Roger Yasukawa 19   -104