IRL: Homestead-Miami Speedway, Round 1
26th March 2006 - Toyota Indy 300
Practice 1
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed (mph)
1. 9 Scott Dixon 33 24.897 214.721
2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 24 24.898 0.001 0.001 214.718
3. 11 Tony Kanaan 24 24.933 0.035 0.036 214.418
4. 3 Helio Castroneves 31 24.937 0.004 0.040 214.381
5. 7 Bryan Herta 29 24.996 0.059 0.099 213.871
6. 27 Dario Franchitti 24 25.020 0.024 0.123 213.665
7. 10 Dan Wheldon 35 25.027 0.007 0.130 213.613
8. 15 Buddy Rice 40 25.053 0.026 0.156 213.389
9. 20 Ed Carpenter 21 25.096 0.043 0.199 213.026
10. 4 Vitor Meira 28 25.132 0.036 0.235 212.718
11. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 28 25.140 0.008 0.243 212.648
12. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 37 25.152 0.012 0.255 212.544
13. 26 Marco Andretti 39 25.161 0.009 0.264 212.473
14. 8 Scott Sharp 23 25.257 0.096 0.360 211.663
15. 16 Danica Patrick 21 25.269 0.012 0.372 211.564
16. 17 Paul Dana 32 25.275 0.006 0.378 211.512
17. 2 Tomas Scheckter 9 25.282 0.007 0.385 211.456
18. 5 Buddy Lazier 22 25.340 0.058 0.443 210.972
19. 14 Felipe Giaffone 20 25.472 0.132 0.575 209.876
20. 91 PJ Chesson 23 26.016 0.544 1.119 205.491
Practice 2
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed (mph)
1. 10 Dan Wheldon 52 24.800 215.561
2. 9 Scott Dixon 38 24.905 0.105 0.105 214.659
3. 3 Helio Castroneves 41 24.971 0.066 0.171 214.087
4. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 45 25.000 0.029 0.200 213.841
5. 11 Tony Kanaan 46 25.059 0.059 0.259 213.336
6. 7 Bryan Herta 50 25.078 0.019 0.278 213.179
7. 2 Tomas Scheckter 69 25.086 0.008 0.286 213.110
8. 8 Scott Sharp 45 25.095 0.009 0.295 213.035
9. 27 Dario Franchitti 46 25.098 0.003 0.298 213.006
10. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 46 25.126 0.028 0.326 212.765
11. 15 Buddy Rice 54 25.145 0.019 0.345 212.603
12. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 53 25.146 0.001 0.346 212.599
13. 26 Marco Andretti 40 25.186 0.040 0.386 212.260
14. 16 Danica Patrick 53 25.200 0.014 0.400 212.143
15. 20 Ed Carpenter 33 25.275 0.075 0.475 211.513
16. 14 Felipe Giaffone 26 25.410 0.135 0.610 210.390
17. 17 Paul Dana 34 25.441 0.031 0.641 210.137
18. 5 Buddy Lazier 10 25.456 0.015 0.656 210.009
19. 91 PJ Chesson 35 25.511 0.055 0.711 209.558
20. 4 Vitor Meira 1 26.095 0.584 1.295 204.868
Practice 3
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed (mph)
1. 3 Helio Castroneves 28 24.574 217.551
2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 15 24.586 0.012 0.012 217.442
3. 9 Scott Dixon 30 24.726 0.140 0.152 216.206
4. 2 Tomas Scheckter 24 24.743 0.017 0.169 216.060
5. 27 Dario Franchitti 27 24.769 0.026 0.195 215.831
6. 15 Buddy Rice 29 24.816 0.047 0.242 215.428
7. 16 Danica Patrick 28 24.874 0.058 0.300 214.921
8. 17 Paul Dana 23 24.889 0.015 0.315 214.797
9. 10 Dan Wheldon 21 24.889 0.000 0.315 214.793
10. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 42 24.909 0.020 0.335 214.621
11. 11 Tony Kanaan 42 24.915 0.006 0.341 214.568
12. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 28 24.939 0.024 0.365 214.361
13. 26 Marco Andretti 34 24.948 0.009 0.374 214.290
14. 7 Bryan Herta 29 24.948 0.000 0.374 214.281
15. 8 Scott Sharp 31 24.955 0.007 0.381 214.226
16. 20 Ed Carpenter 25 24.987 0.032 0.413 213.949
17. 14 Felipe Giaffone 28 24.991 0.004 0.417 213.915
18. 5 Buddy Lazier 35 25.099 0.108 0.525 212.999
19. 4T Vitor Meira 22 25.180 0.081 0.606 212.311
20. 91 PJ Chesson 34 25.294 0.114 0.720 211.356
Qualifying
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed (mph)
1. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 2 24.462 218.539
2. 3 Helio Castroneves 2 24.513 0.051 0.051 218.087
3. 16 Danica Patrick 2 24.659 0.146 0.197 216.798
4. 9 Scott Dixon 2 24.662 0.003 0.200 216.769
5. 11 Tony Kanaan 2 24.730 0.068 0.268 216.178
6. 15 Buddy Rice 2 24.760 0.030 0.298 215.913
7. 27 Dario Franchitti 2 24.766 0.006 0.304 215.857
8. 10 Dan Wheldon 2 24.773 0.007 0.311 215.804
9. 17 Paul Dana 2 24.797 0.024 0.335 215.593
10. 14 Felipe Giaffone 2 24.812 0.015 0.350 215.463
11. 7 Bryan Herta 2 24.819 0.007 0.357 215.398
12. 2 Tomas Scheckter 2 24.834 0.015 0.372 215.272
13. 20 Ed Carpenter 2 24.840 0.006 0.378 215.218
14. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 2 24.843 0.003 0.381 215.190
15. 8 Scott Sharp 2 24.890 0.047 0.428 214.789
16. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 2 24.969 0.079 0.507 214.105
17. 26 Marco Andretti 2 24.981 0.012 0.519 214.000
18. 5 Buddy Lazier 1 24.988 0.007 0.526 213.944
19. 4T Vitor Meira 2 24.989 0.001 0.527 213.932
20. 91 PJ Chesson 2 25.203 0.214 0.741 212.122
Final Practice
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed (mph)
1. 20 Ed Carpenter 2 25.947 206.039
2. 11 Tony Kanaan 3 26.005 0.058 0.058 205.580
3. 16 Danica Patrick 3 26.242 0.237 0.295 203.719
4. 15 Buddy Rice 3 26.387 0.145 0.440 202.603
5. 7 Bryan Herta 3 26.855 0.468 0.908 199.071
6. 26 Marco Andretti 3 27.114 0.259 1.167 197.170
7. 14 Felipe Giaffone 3 27.238 0.124 1.291 196.270
8. 4 Vitor Meira 3 27.386 0.148 1.439 195.212
9. 5 Buddy Lazier 3 27.748 0.362 1.801 192.659
10. 17 Paul Dana 3 27.922 0.174 1.975 191.464
11. 91 PJ Chesson 3 29.871 1.949 3.924 178.971
12. 9 Scott Dixon 3 30.186 0.315 4.239 177.103
13. 10 Dan Wheldon 3 33.090 2.904 7.143 161.559
14. 27 Dario Franchitti 2 36.756 3.666 10.809 145.445
15. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 1 39.561 2.805 13.614 135.133
16. 2 Tomas Scheckter 1 48.275 8.714 22.328 110.741
17. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 1 48.742 0.467 22.795 109.679
18. 3 Helio Castroneves 2 51.565 2.823 25.618 103.676
19. 8 Scott Sharp 2 53.699 2.134 27.752 99.555
20. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 1 1:17.055 23.356 51.108 69.379
+ Practice was red flag due to fatal accident to Paul Dana.
Race Result
Pos # Driver Team Chassis-Engine Laps Time/Reason
1. 10 Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara-Honda 200 1:46:14.5286
2. 3 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara-Honda 200 1:46:14.5433
3. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Team Penske Dallara-Honda 200 1:46:15.0030
4. 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 200 1:46:15.4687
5. 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara-Honda 200 1:46.15.7275
6. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Super Aguri Fernandez Racing Dallara-Honda 198 1:46:15.9965
7. 8 Scott Sharp Fernandez Racing Dallara-Honda 198 1:46:20.6494
8. 14 Felipe Giaffone AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara-Honda 198 1:46:21.4397
9. 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing Dallara-Honda 197 1:46:28.4088
10. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr Cheever Racing Dallara-Honda 196 1:46:29.3965
11. 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 159 1:18:32.0516 Accident
12. 91 PJ Chesson Hemelgarn Racing Dallara-Honda 152 1:18:28.2029 Mechanical
13. 7 Bryan Herta Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 140 1:27:03.5461 Accident
14. 5 Buddy Lazier Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara-Honda 12 0:07:21.1100 Electrical
15. 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 12 0:07:53.6283 Mechanical
16. 4 Vitor Meira Panther Racing Dallara-Honda 10 0:05:49.8865 Mechanical
DNS 16 Danica Patrick Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 0 Withdrawn
DNS 15 Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 0 Withdrawn
DNS 17 Paul Dana Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 0 Fatal practice accident
DNS 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing Dallara-Honda 0 Withdrawn
Fastest Lap: Dixon, 24.7198s (216.264 mph) on lap 195
Lap Leaders Cautions
On Lap # Driver Laps Reason
1 6 Hornish 10- 20 Car 4 smoking
58 3 Castroneves 106-111 Debris in turn 4
67 8 Sharp 162-168 Car 91 stalled at pit-out, Car 11 contact
69 55 Matsuura 170-177 Car 7 contact in turn 1
72 6 Hornish
160 3 Castroneves
183 10 Wheldon
190 3 Castroneves
200 10 Wheldon