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2006 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post IndyCar Series race number 13 of 14 Sunday, August 27, 2006 at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA 80 laps on a 1.990 mile road course (159.200 miles) Time of race: 1:58:06 Average speed: 93.486 mph Pole speed: 107.484 mph Cautions: 4 for 10 laps Margin of victory: .066 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    2006 IndyCar Series results   /   2006 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 26   Marco Andretti NYSE Group   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 80 131400 running 30 50 2 5 27   Dario Franchitti Klein Tools / Canadian Club   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 80 99050 running 0 40 3 8 4   Vitor Meira Lincoln Tech   (Panther Racing) D/H/F 80 84050 running 0 35 4 1 9   Scott Dixon Target   (Chip Ganassi) P/H/F 80 75500 running 40 35 5 3 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/H/F 80 59400 running 0 30 6 6 10   Dan Wheldon Target   (Chip Ganassi) P/H/F 80 53900 running 10 28 7 14 17   Jeff Simmons Team Ethanol   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 80 50400 running 0 26 8 11 16   Danica Patrick Team Argent   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 80 49000 running 0 24 9 10 6   Sam Hornish, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/H/F 80 49000 running 0 22 10 9 7   Bryan Herta XM Satellite Radio   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 80 47400 running 0 20 11 4 11   Tony Kanaan Team 7-Eleven   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 80 45800 running 0 19 12 16 20   Ed Carpenter Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/H/F 79 46400 running 0 18 13 13 55   Kosuke Matsuura Panasonic ARTA   (Adrian Fernandez) D/H/F 79 43000 running 0 17 14 17 8   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Adrian Fernandez) P/H/F 79 41300 running 0 16 15 12 15   Buddy Rice Team Argent   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 75 39900 running 0 15 16 7 5   Ryan Briscoe Escort Radar Detectors   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/H/F 67 38500 handling 0 14 17 18 2   Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/H/F 44 37000 running 0 13 18 15 14   Jeff Bucknum ABC Supply Co.   (A.J. Foyt) D/H/F 9 37000 handling 0 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 10 10     11 13 3   #14,17 accident turn 11   14 43 30     44 46 3   #15,55 accident turn 11   47 49 3     50 51 2   debris turn 9a   52 72 21     73 74 2   #7 spun turn 7   75 80 6       Percent of race run under caution: 12.5%             Average green flag run: 14.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Scott Dixon 1 28 28   Dan Wheldon 29 38 10   Scott Dixon 39 50 12   Marco Andretti 51 80 30 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Helio Castroneves 441     2   Sam Hornish, Jr. 440   -1   3   Dan Wheldon 422   -19   4   Scott Dixon 420   -21   5   Vitor Meira 383   -58   6   Tony Kanaan 358   -83   7   Marco Andretti 313   -128   8   Dario Franchitti 311   -130   9   Danica Patrick 284   -157   10   Tomas Scheckter 278   -163   11   Bryan Herta 274   -167   12   Scott Sharp 265   -176   13   Kosuke Matsuura 254   -187   14   Ed Carpenter 222   -219   15   Buddy Rice 217   -224   16   Jeff Simmons 193   -248   17   Felipe Giaffone 142   -299   18   Buddy Lazier 122   -319   19   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 114   -327   20   Jeff Bucknum 84   -357   21   Ryan Briscoe 83   -358