IRL IndyCar Series: Sears Point, Round 13
27th August 2006 - Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
Practice 1
Pos # Driver Chassis Time Gap To 1st Speed
1. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 1:17.3686 107.020 mph
2. 10 Dan Wheldon Panoz 1:17.5875 0.2189 0.2189 106.718
3. 9 Scott Dixon Panoz 1:17.8578 0.2703 0.4892 106.348
4. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 1:17.8946 0.0368 0.5260 106.297
5. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 1:17.9987 0.1041 0.6301 106.156
6. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 1:18.0900 0.0913 0.7214 106.032
7. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 1:18.2995 0.2095 0.9309 105.748
8. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 1:18.4540 0.1545 1.0854 105.540
9. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 1:18.6207 0.1667 1.2521 105.316
10. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dallara 1:18.7157 0.0950 1.3471 105.189
11. 15 Buddy Rice Panoz 1:18.7839 0.0682 1.4153 105.098
12. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara 1:19.3788 0.5949 2.0102 104.310
13. 16 Danica Patrick Panoz 1:19.4657 0.0869 2.0971 104.196
14. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 1:19.5083 0.0426 2.1397 104.140
15. 17 Jeff Simmons Panoz 1:19.6271 0.1188 2.2585 103.985
16. 8 Scott Sharp Panoz 1:20.3238 0.6967 2.9552 103.083
17. 14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara 1:20.5908 0.2670 3.2222 102.741
18. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara 1:20.9643 0.3735 3.5957 102.267
Practice 2
Pos # Driver Chassis Time Gap To 1st Speed
1. 9 Scott Dixon Panoz 1:16.9073 107.662
2. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 1:17.1821 0.2748 0.2748 107.279
3. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 1:17.4507 0.2686 0.5434 106.907
4. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 1:17.4628 0.0121 0.5555 106.890
5. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 1:17.6846 0.2218 0.7773 106.585
6. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 1:17.7288 0.0442 0.8215 106.524
7. 10 Dan Wheldon Panoz 1:17.7626 0.0338 0.8553 106.478
8. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 1:17.7742 0.0116 0.8669 106.462
9. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 1:18.6886 0.9144 1.7813 105.225
10. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dallara 1:18.9066 0.2180 1.9993 104.934
11. 15 Buddy Rice Panoz 1:19.2190 0.3124 2.3117 104.520
12. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara 1:19.5964 0.3774 2.6891 104.025
13. 17 Jeff Simmons Panoz 1:19.6246 0.0282 2.7173 103.988
14. 14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara 1:19.8731 0.2485 2.9658 103.664
15. 16 Danica Patrick Panoz 1:19.9005 0.0274 2.9932 103.629
16. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 1:20.1429 0.2424 3.2356 103.315
17. 8 Scott Sharp Panoz 1:20.2670 0.1241 3.3597 103.156
18. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara 1:20.6218 0.3548 3.7145 102.702
Practice 3
Pos # Driver Chassis Time Gap To 1st Speed
1. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 1:16.6075 108.083
2. 9 Scott Dixon Panoz 1:16.7958 0.1883 0.1883 107.818
3. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 1:17.1773 0.3815 0.5698 107.285
4. 10 Dan Wheldon Panoz 1:17.2008 0.0235 0.5933 107.253
5. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 1:17.4183 0.2175 0.8108 106.951
6. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 1:17.4253 0.0070 0.8178 106.942
7. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 1:17.4290 0.0037 0.8215 106.937
8. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 1:17.5629 0.1339 0.9554 106.752
9. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 1:17.8841 0.3212 1.2766 106.312
10. 15 Buddy Rice Panoz 1:18.5084 0.6243 1.9009 105.466
11. 17 Jeff Simmons Panoz 1:19.3607 0.8523 2.7532 104.334
12. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara 1:19.4627 0.1020 2.8552 104.200
13. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dallara 1:19.6739 0.2112 3.0664 103.924
14. 14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara 1:19.8943 0.2204 3.2868 103.637
15. 16 Danica Patrick Panoz 1:20.0510 0.1567 3.4435 103.434
16. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 1:20.1785 0.1275 3.5710 103.270
17. 8 Scott Sharp Panoz 1:20.8707 0.6922 4.2632 102.386
18. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara 1:21.8705 0.9998 5.2630 101.135
Qualifying
Pos # Driver Chassis Time Gap To 1st Speed
1. 9 Scott Dixon Panoz 1:17.0344 107.484
2. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 1:17.0830 0.0486 0.0486 107.417
3. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 1:17.2127 0.1297 0.1783 107.236
4. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 1:17.2320 0.0193 0.1976 107.209
5. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 1:17.2893 0.0573 0.2549 107.130
6. 10 Dan Wheldon Panoz 1:17.5946 0.3053 0.5602 106.708
7. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dallara 1:18.2612 0.6666 1.2268 105.800
8. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 1:18.3012 0.0400 1.2668 105.746
9. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 1:18.3510 0.0498 1.3166 105.678
10. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 1:18.5940 0.2430 1.5596 105.352
11. 16 Danica Patrick Panoz 1:19.0287 0.4347 1.9943 104.772
12. 15 Buddy Rice Panoz 1:19.2128 0.1841 2.1784 104.529
13. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 1:19.2421 0.0293 2.2077 104.490
14. 17 Jeff Simmons Panoz 1:19.5633 0.3212 2.5289 104.068
15. 14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara 1:20.0960 0.5327 3.0616 103.376
16. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara 1:20.3379 0.2419 3.3035 103.065
17. 8 Scott Sharp Panoz 1:21.6590 1.3211 4.6246 101.397
18. 2 Tomas Sheckter Dallara no time no speed
Race Result
Pos # Driver Team Chassis Laps Time/Result
1. 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing Dallara 80 1:58:05.5416, 93.486 mph
2. 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Dallara 80 1:58:06.1973
3. 4 Vitor Meira Panther Racing Dallara 80 1:58:16.1951
4. 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz 80 1:58:16.7283
5. 3 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara 80 1:58:18.0465
6. 10 Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz 80 1:58:18.9910
7. 17 Jeff Simmons Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz 80 1:58:19.4170
8. 16 Danica Patrick Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz 80 1:58:21.2833
9. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Team Penske Dallara 80 1:58:21.8785
10. 7 Bryan Herta Andretti Green Racing Dallara 80 1:58:24.0987
11. 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara 80 1:58:46.2052
12. 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing Dallara 79 1:58:20.4346
13. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Super Aguri Fernandez Racing Dallara 79 1:58:24.7806
14. 8 Scott Sharp Fernandez Racing Panoz 79 1:58:25.3158
15. 15 Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman Racing Panoz 75 1:58:22.3190
16. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara 67 1:38:52.0350 Handling
17. 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing Dallara 44 1:33:46.9005
18. 14 Jeff Bucknum AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara 9 0:12:22.8903 Handling
Fastest Lap: Kanaan, 1m18.6820s (105.234 mph) on lap 43
Lap Leaders Cautions
On Lap # Driver Laps Reason
1 9 Dixon, Scott 11-13 Cars #14 and #17 contact turn 11
29 10 Wheldon, Dan 44-46 Cars #15 and #55 contact turn 11
39 9 Dixon, Scott 50-51 Debris turn 9a
51 26 Andretti, Marco 73-74 Car #7 spin turn 7
Championship Standings
Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver Points
1. Helio Castroneves 441
2. Sam Hornish Jr. 440
3. Dan Wheldon 422
4. Scott Dixon 420
5. Vitor Meira 383
6. Tony Kanaan 358
7. Marco Andretti 313
8. Dario Franchitti 311
9. Danica Patrick 284
10. Tomas Scheckter 278
11. Bryan Herta 274
12. Scott Sharp 265
13. Kosuke Matsuura 254
14. Ed Carpenter 222
15. Buddy Rice 217
16. Jeff Simmons 193
17. Felipe Giaffone 142
18. Buddy Lazier 122
19. Eddie Cheever Jr. 114
20. Jeff Bucknum 84
21. Ryan Briscoe 83
22. P.J. Chesson 54
23. Michael Andretti 35
24. Marty Roth 24
25. Sarah Fisher 18
26. Max Papis 16
27. Roger Yasukawa 14
28. Jaques Lazier 13
29. Al Unser Jr. 12
30. Roberto Moreno 12
31. Tomas Enge 12
32. Townsend Bell 12
33. P.J. Jones 12
34. Airton Dare 12
35. Arie Luyendyk Jr. 10
36. Stephan Gregoire 10
37. Larry Foyt 10
38. Thiago Medeiros 10
39. Paul Dana 6
Rookie of the Year
Pos Driver Points
1. Marco Andretti 313
2. Jeff Simmons 193
3. Jeff Bucknum 84
4. P.J. Chesson 54
5. Marty Roth 24
6. Larry Foyt 10
7. Thiago Medeiros 10
8. Paul Dana 6