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2005 Indy Japan 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet IndyCar Series race number 4 of 17 Saturday, April 30, 2005 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan 200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles) Time of race: 2:16:46 Average speed: 133.365 mph Pole speed: 204.74 mph Cautions: 8 for 59 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 10 Glossary    2005 IndyCar Series results   /   2005 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 26   Dan Wheldon Klein Tools / Jim Beam   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 148600 running 31 50 2 3 8   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Adrian Fernandez) P/H/F 200 125250 running 0 40 3 11 15   Buddy Rice Argent / Pioneer   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 200 103250 running 0 35 4 2 16   Danica Patrick Argent / Pioneer   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 200 83700 running 32 32 5 15 7   Bryan Herta XM Satellite Radio   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 76500 running 5 30 6 10 11   Tony Kanaan Team 7-Eleven   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 199 67700 running 4 28 7 1 6   Sam Hornish, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/T/F 199 75800 running 14 26 8 12 10   Darren Manning Target   (Chip Ganassi) P/T/F 199 64200 running 0 24 9 9 55   Kosuke Matsuura Panasonic ARTA   (Adrian Fernandez) P/H/F 199 64200 running 0 22 10 6 4   Tomas Scheckter Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 198 62400 running 47 20 11 4 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/T/F 198 60500 crash 0 19 12 13 33   Ryan Briscoe Target   (Chip Ganassi) P/T/F 197 58900 running 0 18 13 14 83   Patrick Carpentier Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/T/F 196 57200 running 0 17 14 19 14   A.J. Foyt IV A.J. Foyt Enterprises   (A.J. Foyt) D/T/F 196 55200 running 0 16 15 7 17   Vitor Meira Menards / Johns Manville   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 166 53500 running 0 15 16 20 20   Ed Carpenter Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/T/F 136 51900 crash 0 14 17 8 27   Dario Franchitti ArcaEx   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 123 60000 crash 67 16 18 21 24   Roger Yasukawa Investment Properties of America   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/H/F 112 50000 engine 0 12 19 16 51   Alex Barron Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/T/F 57 48200 in pits 0 12 20 22 91   Paul Dana Ethanol   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/T/F 56 46500 suspension 0 12 21 17 9   Scott Dixon Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/T/F 0 46500 crash 0 12 22 18 44   Jeff Bucknum Investment Properties of America   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/H/F 0 16500 crash 0 12 23 23 2   Tomas Enge Rockstar Energy Drink   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 0 46500 did not start 0 12 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; P - Panoz 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 1 1     2 12 11   #9,44 accident turn 2   13 18 6   #51 accident turn 4   19 63 45     64 69 6   debris   70 70 1     71 75 5   debris   76 113 38     114 122 9   #24 smoke turn 1   123 123 1     124 136 13   #27 accident turn 4   137 138 2     139 150 12   #20 accident turn 2   151 199 49     200 200 1   #3 accident turn 2     Percent of race run under caution: 31.5%             Average green flag run: 19.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Danica Patrick 1 18 18   Sam Hornish, Jr. 19 32 14   Danica Patrick 33 46 14   Dario Franchitti 47 61 15   Bryan Herta 62 66 5   Dario Franchitti 67 75 9   Tony Kanaan 76 79 4   Dario Franchitti 80 122 43   Dan Wheldon 123 150 28   Tomas Scheckter 151 197 47   Dan Wheldon 198 200 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dan Wheldon 184     2   Tony Kanaan 138   -46   3   Sam Hornish, Jr. 131   -53   4   Bryan Herta 104   -80   5   Helio Castroneves 101   -83   6   Scott Sharp 99   -85   7   Darren Manning 98   -86   8   Vitor Meira 96   -88   9   Dario Franchitti 95   -89   10   Patrick Carpentier 89   -95   11   Buddy Rice 85   -99   12   Danica Patrick 80   -104   13   Kosuke Matsuura 77   -107   14   Alex Barron 73   -111   15   Scott Dixon 72   -112   16   A.J. Foyt IV 66   -118   17   Tomas Scheckter 65   -119   18   Ryan Briscoe 61   -123   19   Roger Yasukawa 56   -128   20   Ed Carpenter 52   -132