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2006 Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix


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IndyCar Series race number 5 of 14
Sunday, June 4, 2006 at Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
55 laps on a 3.403 mile road course (187.165 miles)

Time of race: 2:00:20
Average speed: 92.418 mph
Pole speed: no time trials
Cautions: 7 for 21 laps
Margin of victory: 2.331 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 6

Glossary    2006 IndyCar Series results   /   2006 standings

PosSt#DriverC/E/TLapsMoneyStatusLedPts
1 49   Scott Dixon Energizer / Target   (Chip Ganassi)P/H/F55115800running950
2 84   Vitor Meira Panther Racing   (Panther Racing)D/H/F5596850running040
3105   Ryan Briscoe Escort Radar Detectors   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)D/H/F5580750running035
41115   Buddy Rice Team Argent   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)P/H/F5563000running532
51914   Felipe Giaffone ABC Supply Co.   (A.J. Foyt)D/H/F5557300running030
61820   Ed Carpenter Vision Racing   (Tony George)D/H/F5550200running028
7 13   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske)D/H/F5558700running726
81616   Danica Patrick Team Argent   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)P/H/F5547400running024
9148   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Adrian Fernandez)P/H/F5547400running022
10152   Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing   (Tony George)D/H/F5545900running1220
11 211   Tony Kanaan Team 7-Eleven   (Andretti Green Racing)D/H/F5444400running819
12 66   Sam Hornish, Jr. Marlboro   (Roger Penske)D/H/F5443100running018
13 97   Bryan Herta XM Satellite Radio   (Andretti Green Racing)D/H/F5441800running017
14 727   Dario Franchitti Klein Tools / Canadian Club   (Andretti Green Racing)D/H/F4440200running016
15 510   Dan Wheldon Target   (Chip Ganassi)P/H/F4138900driveshaft1318
16 326   Marco Andretti NYSE Group   (Andretti Green Racing)D/H/F3837500crash014
171751   Eddie Cheever, Jr. Cheever Racing   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)D/H/F3736100crash013
181255   Kosuke Matsuura Panasonic ARTA   (Adrian Fernandez)D/H/F1936100crash012
191317   Jeff Simmons Team Ethanol   (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)P/H/F1834600crash112
C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
  Chassis: D - Dallara; P - Panoz G Force
  Engine: H - Honda
  Tires: F - Firestone

Caution flag breakdown:
ConditionFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
ReasonFree
Pass
199  
10112   #17 accident turn 2 
12121  
13142   #6 spun turn 7 
15151  
16183   #15,27 spun bus stop 
19191  
20234   #16 accident turn 11 
243815  
39457   #26,51 accident turn 9 
46494  
50512   #11 accident turn 8 
52521  
53531   #2 spun turn 8 
54552  
  Percent of race run under caution: 38.2%             Average green flag run: 4.3 laps

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
  Tony Kanaan188
  Jeff Simmons991
  Tomas Scheckter102112
  Dan Wheldon223413
  Helio Castroneves35417
  Buddy Rice42465
  Scott Dixon47559

Points Standings after this race:
RankDriverPointsDiff
1   Helio Castroneves 182    
2   Scott Dixon 170   -12  
3   Sam Hornish, Jr. 162   -20  
4   Dan Wheldon 157   -25  
5   Tony Kanaan 138   -44  
6   Vitor Meira 124   -58  
7   Kosuke Matsuura 107   -75  
7   Danica Patrick 107   -75  
9   Bryan Herta 106   -76  
10   Dario Franchitti 105   -77  
11   Scott Sharp 104   -78  
12   Felipe Giaffone 103   -79  
13   Marco Andretti 102   -80  
14   Buddy Rice 95   -87  
15   Tomas Scheckter 87   -95  
16   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 69   -113  
17   Buddy Lazier 66   -116  
18   Ed Carpenter 65   -117  
19   P.J. Chesson 54   -128  
20   Jeff Simmons 36   -146  
21   Ryan Briscoe 35   -147