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2006 Indy Japan 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post IndyCar Series race number 3 of 14 Saturday, April 22, 2006 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan 200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles) Time of race: 1:59:01 Average speed: 153.248 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 3 for 32 laps Margin of victory: 6.385 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 10 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 176100 running 184 53 2 3 10   Dan Wheldon Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 200 136050 running 5 40 3 5 11   Tony Kanaan Team 7-Eleven   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 113350 running 1 35 4 4 6   Sam Hornish, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/H/F 200 91100 running 0 32 5 18 15   Buddy Rice Team Argent   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 200 83000 running 0 30 6 7 7   Bryan Herta XM Satellite Radio   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 200 72900 running 0 28 7 6 55   Kosuke Matsuura Panasonic ARTA   (Adrian Fernandez) D/H/F 200 72800 running 0 26 8 14 16   Danica Patrick Team Argent   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 200 68900 running 0 24 9 2 9   Scott Dixon Target   (Chip Ganassi) D/H/F 199 68900 running 5 22 10 11 4   Vitor Meira Network Live   (Panther Racing) D/H/F 199 66800 running 2 20 11 10 27   Dario Franchitti Klein Tools / Jim Beam   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 199 64700 running 0 19 12 17 26   Marco Andretti NYSE Group   (Andretti Green Racing) D/H/F 199 62900 running 0 18 13 12 2   Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/H/F 196 61000 running 3 17 14 15 5   Buddy Lazier Escort Radar Detectors   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) D/H/F 195 58700 running 0 16 15 9 14   Felipe Giaffone ABC Supply Co.   (A.J. Foyt) D/H/F 155 56800 crash 0 15 16 8 8   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Adrian Fernandez) D/H/F 42 54900 crash 0 14 17 16 91   P.J. Chesson Carmelo   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/H/F 40 52800 crash 0 13 18 20 17   Jeff Simmons Team Ethanol   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman) P/H/F 40 52800 crash 0 12 19 13 51   Tomas Enge Circle K   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/H/F 25 50700 crash 0 12 20 19 20   Ed Carpenter Vision Racing   (Tony George) D/H/F 25 48800 crash 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 26 26     27 40 14   #20,51 accident turn 3   41 41 1     42 51 10   #8,17,91 accident frontstretch   52 158 107     159 166 8   #14 accident turn 4   167 200 34       Percent of race run under caution: 16.0%             Average green flag run: 42.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Helio Castroneves 1 24 24   Dan Wheldon 25 29 5   Helio Castroneves 30 93 64   Tony Kanaan 94 94 1   Scott Dixon 95 96 2   Tomas Scheckter 97 99 3   Vitor Meira 100 100 1   Helio Castroneves 101 146 46   Scott Dixon 147 149 3   Vitor Meira 150 150 1   Helio Castroneves 151 200 50 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Helio Castroneves 146     2   Dan Wheldon 104   -42   3   Sam Hornish, Jr. 94   -52   4   Scott Dixon 92   -54   5   Tony Kanaan 89   -57   6   Kosuke Matsuura 80   -66   7   Bryan Herta 77   -69   8   Vitor Meira 64   -82   9   Dario Franchitti 63   -83   10   Felipe Giaffone 61   -85   11   Scott Sharp 60   -86   12   Danica Patrick 59   -87   13   Tomas Scheckter 57   -89   14   Buddy Rice 53   -93   15   Buddy Lazier 48   -98   15   Marco Andretti 48   -98   17   P.J. Chesson 44   -102   18   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 39   -107   19   Ed Carpenter 18   -128   20   Roberto Moreno 12   -134   20   Jeff Simmons 12   -134