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2006 Firestone Indy 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post IndyCar Series race number 11 of 14 Sunday, July 30, 2006 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:03:44 Average speed: 193.972 mph Pole speed: 216.777 mph Cautions: 2 for 10 laps Margin of victory: 1.623 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 15 Glossary    2006 IndyCar Series results   /   2006 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/H/F 200 125800 running 61 50 2 6 4   Vitor Meira Revive   (Panther Racing) D/H/F 200 96850 running 75 43 3 9 10   Dan Wheldon Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 200 88750 running 14 35 4 3 11   Tony Kanaan Team 7-Eleven   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 63000 running 0 32 5 8 2   Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/H/F 200 59300 running 4 30 6 13 8   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Adrian Fernandez) D/H/F 200 50200 running 0 28 7 4 20   Ed Carpenter Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/H/F 199 48700 running 0 26 8 19 26   Marco Andretti NYSE Group   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 199 47400 running 0 24 9 14 55   Kosuke Matsuura Panasonic ARTA   (Adrian Fernandez) D/H/F 199 49400 running 7 22 10 16 17   Jeff Simmons Team Ethanol   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) D/H/F 199 45900 running 0 20 11 12 7   Bryan Herta XM Satellite Radio   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 199 44400 running 2 19 12 7 27   Dario Franchitti Klein Tools / Canadian Club   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 199 43100 running 0 18 13 10 15   Buddy Rice Team Argent   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) D/H/F 199 41800 running 0 17 14 18 14   Jeff Bucknum ABC Supply Co.   (A.J. Foyt) D/H/F 198 40200 running 0 16 15 15 5   Buddy Lazier Escort Radar Detectors   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/H/F 198 38900 running 0 15 16 5 9   Scott Dixon Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 198 37500 running 0 14 17 11 16   Danica Patrick Team Argent   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) D/H/F 197 36100 out of fuel 0 13 18 17 25   Marty Roth Roth Racing   (Marty Roth) D/H/F 192 36100 running 0 12 19 2 6   Sam Hornish, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/H/F 61 34600 engine 37 12 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; P - Panoz G Force   Engine: H - Honda   Tires: F - Firestone

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2   moisture   3 43 41     44 51 8   #25 tow-in turn 3   52 200 149       Percent of race run under caution: 5.0%             Average green flag run: 95.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Helio Castroneves 1 3 3   Sam Hornish, Jr. 4 40 37   Dan Wheldon 41 45 5   Kosuke Matsuura 46 52 7   Bryan Herta 53 53 1   Vitor Meira 54 87 34   Tomas Scheckter 88 89 2   Dan Wheldon 90 92 3   Vitor Meira 93 129 37   Dan Wheldon 130 132 3   Bryan Herta 133 133 1   Helio Castroneves 134 167 34   Vitor Meira 168 171 4   Dan Wheldon 172 174 3   Tomas Scheckter 175 176 2   Helio Castroneves 177 200 24 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Helio Castroneves 376     2   Sam Hornish, Jr. 368   -8   3   Dan Wheldon 359   -17   4   Scott Dixon 345   -31   5   Vitor Meira 320   -56   6   Tony Kanaan 309   -67   7   Marco Andretti 250   -126   8   Dario Franchitti 249   -127   9   Tomas Scheckter 239   -137   10   Danica Patrick 236   -140   11   Scott Sharp 235   -141   12   Bryan Herta 234   -142   13   Kosuke Matsuura 225   -151   14   Buddy Rice 187   -189   15   Ed Carpenter 185   -191   16   Jeff Simmons 151   -225   17   Felipe Giaffone 142   -234   18   Buddy Lazier 122   -254   19   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 114   -262   20   Ryan Briscoe 69   -307   21   Jeff Bucknum 55   -321