IRL IndyCar Series: Texas Motor Speedway, Round 6

11th June 2005 - Bombardier Learjet 500



Practice 1

Pos # Driver Time Gap To 1st Speed 1. 26 Dan Wheldon 24.411 214.577 mph 2. 11 Tony Kanaan 24.495 0.084 0.084 213.843 3. 4 Tomas Scheckter 24.520 0.025 0.109 213.617 4. 27 Dario Franchitti 24.545 0.025 0.134 213.407 5. 17 Vitor Meira 24.548 0.003 0.137 213.380 6. 15 Buddy Rice 24.590 0.042 0.179 213.013 7. 7 Bryan Herta 24.658 0.068 0.247 212.424 8. 3 Helio Castroneves 24.685 0.027 0.274 212.192 9. 16 Danica Patrick 24.687 0.002 0.276 212.177 10. 10 Darren Manning 24.697 0.010 0.286 212.092 11. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. 24.719 0.022 0.308 211.901 12. 2 Tomas Enge 24.726 0.007 0.315 211.846 13. 9 Scott Dixon 24.816 0.090 0.405 211.076 14. 24 Roger Yasukawa 24.852 0.036 0.441 210.768 15. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 24.863 0.011 0.452 210.670 16. 8 Scott Sharp 24.892 0.029 0.481 210.426 17. 51 Alex Barron 24.956 0.064 0.545 209.889 18. 33 Ryan Briscoe 25.032 0.076 0.621 209.254 19. 83 Patrick Carpentier 25.071 0.039 0.660 208.926 20. 91 Jimmy Kite 25.087 0.016 0.676 208.791 21. 20 Ed Carpenter 25.240 0.153 0.829 207.526 22. 14 A.J. Foyt IV 25.254 0.014 0.843 207.413

Practice 2

Pos # Driver Time Gap To 1st Speed 1. 4 Tomas Scheckter 24.474 214.020 2. 2 Tomas Enge 24.486 0.012 0.012 213.921 3. 17 Vitor Meira 24.515 0.029 0.041 213.663 4. 15 Buddy Rice 24.551 0.036 0.077 213.351 5. 27 Dario Franchitti 24.610 0.059 0.136 212.839 6. 11 Tony Kanaan 24.621 0.011 0.147 212.742 7. 16 Danica Patrick 24.624 0.003 0.150 212.718 8. 26 Dan Wheldon 24.630 0.006 0.156 212.668 9. 3 Helio Castroneves 24.634 0.004 0.160 212.630 10. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. 24.642 0.008 0.168 212.567 11. 10 Darren Manning 24.677 0.035 0.203 212.258 12. 9 Scott Dixon 24.687 0.010 0.213 212.173 13. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 24.776 0.089 0.302 211.410 14. 8 Scott Sharp 24.834 0.058 0.360 210.925 15. 7 Bryan Herta 24.839 0.005 0.365 210.877 16. 33 Ryan Briscoe 24.879 0.040 0.405 210.536 17. 24 Roger Yasukawa 24.907 0.028 0.433 210.306 18. 91 Jimmy Kite 24.946 0.039 0.472 209.976 19. 51 Alex Barron 25.064 0.118 0.590 208.987 20. 14 A.J. Foyt IV 25.120 0.056 0.646 208.517 21. 83 Patrick Carpentier 25.196 0.076 0.722 207.887 22. 20 Ed Carpenter 25.231 0.035 0.757 207.604

Starting Line-up

Pos # Driver Time Gap To 1st Speed 1. 4 Tomas Scheckter 24.494 213.847 2. 2 Tomas Enge 24.608 0.114 0.114 212.861 3. 16 Danica Patrick 24.631 0.023 0.137 212.661 4. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. 24.702 0.071 0.208 212.049 5. 17 Vitor Meira 24.703 0.001 0.209 212.041 6. 27 Dario Franchitti 24.704 0.001 0.210 212.034 7. 15 Buddy Rice 24.732 0.028 0.238 211.792 8. 26 Dan Wheldon 24.741 0.009 0.247 211.718 9. 10 Darren Manning 24.741 0.000 0.247 211.712 10. 3 Helio Castroneves 24.742 0.001 0.248 211.702 11. 7 Bryan Herta 24.792 0.050 0.298 211.278 12. 33 Ryan Briscoe 24.806 0.014 0.312 211.159 13. 11 Tony Kanaan 24.844 0.038 0.350 210.838 14. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 24.859 0.015 0.365 210.709 15. 9 Scott Dixon 24.888 0.029 0.394 210.465 16. 8 Scott Sharp 24.973 0.085 0.479 209.751 17. 91 Jimmy Kite 25.076 0.103 0.582 208.887 18. 24 Roger Yasukawa 25.092 0.016 0.598 208.750 19. 20 Ed Carpenter 25.152 0.060 0.658 208.250 20. 51 Alex Barron 25.175 0.023 0.681 208.066 21. 83 Patrick Carpentier 25.250 0.075 0.756 207.441 22. 14 A.J. Foyt IV No time

Practice 3

Pos # Driver Time Gap To 1st Speed 1. 2 Tomas Enge 24.383 214.826 2. 26 Dan Wheldon 24.390 0.007 0.007 214.761 3. 4 Tomas Scheckter 24.470 0.080 0.087 214.059 4. 7 Bryan Herta 24.489 0.019 0.106 213.890 5. 15 Buddy Rice 24.547 0.058 0.164 213.387 6. 3 Helio Castroneves 24.597 0.050 0.214 212.953 7. 27 Dario Franchitti 24.636 0.039 0.253 212.618 8. 10 Darren Manning 24.655 0.019 0.272 212.451 9. 17 Vitor Meira 24.676 0.021 0.293 212.268 10. 8 Scott Sharp 24.687 0.011 0.304 212.178 11. 9 Scott Dixon 24.719 0.032 0.336 211.898 12. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 24.724 0.005 0.341 211.857 13. 24 Roger Yasukawa 24.741 0.017 0.358 211.715 14. 16 Danica Patrick 24.770 0.029 0.387 211.465 15. 11 Tony Kanaan 24.781 0.011 0.398 211.369 16. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. 24.788 0.007 0.405 211.313 17. 33 Ryan Briscoe 24.811 0.023 0.428 211.113 18. 14 A.J. Foyt IV 24.844 0.033 0.461 210.838 19. 51 Alex Barron 24.926 0.082 0.543 210.142 20. 91 Jimmy Kite 24.970 0.044 0.587 209.769 21. 20 Ed Carpenter 25.005 0.035 0.622 209.482 22. 83 Patrick Carpentier 25.207 0.202 0.824 207.803

Final Practice

Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st 1. 2 Tomas Enge 38 24.293 2. 4 Tomas Scheckter 40 24.314 0.021 0.021 3. 26 Dan Wheldon 34 24.355 0.041 0.062 4. 11 Tony Kanaan 43 24.429 0.074 0.136 5. 7 Bryan Herta 40 24.444 0.015 0.151 6. 17 Vitor Meira 46 24.446 0.002 0.153 7. 3 Helio Castroneves 45 24.472 0.026 0.179 8. 9 Scott Dixon 34 24.472 0.000 0.179 9. 10 Darren Manning 38 24.477 0.005 0.184 10. 24 Roger Yasukawa 33 24.490 0.013 0.197 11. 27 Dario Franchitti 44 24.500 0.010 0.207 12. 33 Ryan Briscoe 38 24.522 0.022 0.229 13. 8 Scott Sharp 37 24.526 0.004 0.233 14. 15 Buddy Rice 23 24.563 0.037 0.270 15. 14 A.J. Foyt IV 39 24.583 0.020 0.290 16. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. 44 24.598 0.015 0.305 17. 16 Danica Patrick 46 24.745 0.147 0.452 18. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 36 24.751 0.006 0.458 19. 83 Patrick Carpentier 39 24.753 0.002 0.460 20. 20 Ed Carpenter 42 24.775 0.022 0.482 21. 51 Alex Barron 42 24.776 0.001 0.483 22. 91 Jimmy Kite 36 24.777 0.001 0.484

Race Result

Pos # Driver Team Chassis-Engine Laps Time 1. 4 Tomas Scheckter Panther Racing Dallara-Chevrolet 200 1h45m47.2701 2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. Team Penske Dallara-Toyota 200 + 0.0534 3. 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 200 0.5018 4. 8 Scott Sharp Fernandez Racing Panoz-Honda 200 0.5958 5. 3 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara-Toyota 200 0.8255 6. 26 Dan Wheldon Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 200 13.1410 7. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Super Aguri Fernandez Racing Panoz-Honda 200 13.1715 8. 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 200 13.2369 9. 17 Vitor Meira Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 200 13.3111 10. 7 Bryan Herta Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 200 13.3798 11. 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz-Toyota 200 13.8086 12. 33 Ryan Briscoe Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz-Toyota 200 23.3099 13. 16 Danica Patrick Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 200 23.3791 14. 51 Alex Barron Cheever Racing Dallara-Toyota 199 1 lap 15. 24 Roger Yasukawa Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara-Honda 199 1.0815 16. 83 Patrick Carpentier Cheever Racing Dallara-Toyota 199 1.2377 17. 10 Darren Manning Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz-Toyota 199 7.5359 18. 14 A.J. Foyt IV AJ Foyt Racing Dallara-Toyota 198 2 laps 19. 2 Tomas Enge Panther Racing Dallara-Chevrolet 194 6 laps 20. 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing Dallara-Toyota 63 137 laps Accident 21. 15 Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 25 175 laps Mechanical 22. 91 Jimmy Kite Hemelgarn Racing Dallara-Toyota 6 194 laps Accident Fastest Lap: Enge, 24.2294s (216.184 mph)

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1. Dan Wheldon 262 2. Tony Kanaan 197 3. Sam Hornish Jr. 186 4. Bryan Herta 159 5. Vitor Meira 158 6. Scott Sharp 157 7. Helio Castroneves 153 8. Dario Franchitti 147 9. Tomas Scheckter 130 10. Danica Patrick 129 11. Darren Manning 121 12. Kosuke Matsuura 116 13. Patrick Carpentier 115 14. Alex Barron 106 15. Scott Dixon 103 16. Ryan Briscoe 99 17. Buddy Rice 97 18. A.J. Foyt IV 88 19. Roger Yasukawa 83 20. Ed Carpenter 83 21. Tomas Enge 74 22. Paul Dana 44 23. Buddy Lazier 30 24. Jeff Bucknum 24 25. Jimmy Kite 22 26. Sebastien Bourdais 18 27. Adrian Fernandez 16 28. Felipe Giaffone 15 29. Jaques Lazier 14 30. Marty Roth 10 31. Kenny Brack 10 32. Jeff Ward 10 33. Larry Foyt 10 34. Richie Hearn 10 35. Bruno Junqueira 10 Rookie of the Year Pos Driver Points 1. Danica Patrick 129 2. Ryan Briscoe 99 3. Tomas Enge 74 4. Paul Dana 44 5. Jeff Bucknum 24 6. Marty Roth 10 7. Larry Foyt 10