IRL: St Petersburg, Round 2
2nd April 2006 - Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg
Practice 1
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed
1. 9 Scott Dixon 44 1:02.952 102.936 mph
2. 3 Helio Castroneves 36 1:03.157 0.205 0.205 102.602
3. 27 Dario Franchitti 32 1:03.351 0.194 0.399 102.287
4. 11 Tony Kanaan 32 1:03.389 0.038 0.437 102.226
5. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 37 1:03.672 0.283 0.720 101.772
6. 15 Buddy Rice 43 1:03.713 0.041 0.761 101.706
7. 4 Vitor Meira 46 1:03.978 0.265 1.026 101.285
8. 10 Dan Wheldon 53 1:03.999 0.021 1.047 101.251
9. 2 Tomas Scheckter 53 1:04.003 0.004 1.051 101.246
10. 7 Bryan Herta 35 1:04.141 0.138 1.189 101.027
11. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 38 1:04.196 0.055 1.244 100.941
12. 26 Marco Andretti 39 1:04.314 0.118 1.362 100.756
13. 20 Roberto Moreno 49 1:04.315 0.001 1.363 100.754
14. 16 Danica Patrick 48 1:04.974 0.659 2.022 99.732
15. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 63 1:05.116 0.142 2.164 99.515
16. 8 Scott Sharp 15 1:06.107 0.991 3.155 98.022
17. 14 Felipe Giaffone 30 1:06.585 0.478 3.633 97.320
18. 5 Buddy Lazier 58 1:07.417 0.832 4.465 96.118
19. 91 PJ Chesson 42 1:09.308 1.891 6.356 93.496
Practice 2
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed
1. 27 Dario Franchitti 14 1:02.797 103.190
2. 9 Scott Dixon 10 1:03.102 0.305 0.305 102.692
3. 11 Tony Kanaan 15 1:03.145 0.043 0.348 102.620
4. 15 Buddy Rice 16 1:03.309 0.164 0.512 102.355
5. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 17 1:03.470 0.161 0.673 102.096
6. 7 Bryan Herta 18 1:03.499 0.029 0.702 102.049
7. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 13 1:03.522 0.023 0.725 102.012
8. 3 Helio Castroneves 4 1:03.571 0.049 0.774 101.934
9. 2 Tomas Scheckter 15 1:03.725 0.154 0.928 101.687
10. 20 Robeto Moreno 17 1:03.945 0.220 1.148 101.338
11. 10 Dan Wheldon 16 1:04.127 0.182 1.330 101.049
12. 16 Danica Patrick 19 1:04.188 0.061 1.391 100.954
13. 4 Vitor Meira 14 1:04.491 0.303 1.694 100.480
14. 8 Scott Sharp 15 1:04.554 0.063 1.757 100.381
15. 26 Marco Andretti 5 1:05.263 0.709 2.466 99.291
16. 14 Felipe Giaffone 5 1:05.984 0.721 3.187 98.206
17. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 6 1:06.194 0.210 3.397 97.895
18. 5 Buddy Lazier 18 1:06.566 0.372 3.769 97.347
19. 91 PJ Chesson 15 1:07.597 1.031 4.800 95.862
Practice 3
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed
1. 27 Dario Franchitti 1:02.1850 104.205
2. 3 Helio Castroneves 1:02.3470 0.1620 0.1620 103.934
3. 9 Scott Dixon 1:02.5307 0.1837 0.3457 103.629
4. 11 Tony Kanaan 1:02.5690 0.0383 0.3840 103.566
5. 7 Bryan Herta 1:02.6561 0.0871 0.4711 103.422
6. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 1:02.9671 0.3110 0.7821 102.911
7. 10 Dan Wheldon 1:02.9748 0.0077 0.7898 102.898
8. 15 Buddy Rice 1:02.9930 0.0182 0.8080 102.869
9. 20 Roberto Moreno 1:03.0622 0.0692 0.8772 102.756
10. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 1:03.0719 0.0097 0.8869 102.740
11. 4 Vitor Meira 1:03.1567 0.0848 0.9717 102.602
12. 26 Marco Andretti 1:03.7930 0.6363 1.6080 101.579
13. 2 Tomas Scheckter 1:03.8406 0.0476 1.6556 101.503
14. 16 Danica Patrick 1:03.8919 0.0513 1.7069 101.421
15. 8 Scott Sharp 1:03.9105 0.0186 1.7255 101.392
16. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 1:04.2403 0.3298 2.0553 100.871
17. 14 Felipe Giaffone 1:04.5165 0.2762 2.3315 100.439
18. 5 Buddy Lazier 1:05.3567 0.8402 3.1717 99.148
19. 91 PJ Chesson 1:08.1800 2.8233 5.9950 95.043
Starting Line-up
Pos # Driver Chassis Team Time Speed
1. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara Andretti Green Racing 1:02.2753 104.054
2. 9 Scott Dixon Panoz Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:02.5951 103.522
3. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara Andretti Green Racing 1:02.6127 103.493
4. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. Dallara Marlboro Team Penske 1:02.6758 103.389
5. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara Marlboro Team Penske 1:02.7482 103.270
6. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara Andretti Green Racing 1:02.8774 103.058
7. 15 Buddy Rice Panoz Rahal Letterman Racing 1:03.5648 101.943
8. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara Vision Racing 1:03.7143 101.704
9. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara Super Aguri Fernandez Racing 1:03.8033 101.562
10. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara Andretti Green Racing 1:03.8853 101.432
11. 20 Roberto Moreno Dallara Vision Racing 1:03.9455 101.336
12. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara Panther Racing 1:04.0206 101.217
13. 10 Dan Wheldon Panoz Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:04.0267 101.208
14. 16 Danica Patrick Panoz Rahal Letterman Racing 1:04.4436 100.553
15. 8 Scott Sharp Panoz Delphi Fernandez Racing 1:04.8588 99.909
16. 14 Felipe Giaffone Dallara A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1:05.3845 99.106
17. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr. Dallara Cheever Racing 1:05.5475 98.860
18. 5 Buddy Lazier Dallara Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:06.2425 97.822
19. 91 P.J. Chesson Dallara Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing 1:08.8266 94.150
Final Practice
Pos # Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed
1. 27 Dario Franchitti 16 1:03.642 101.820
2. 10 Dan Wheldon 18 1:03.690 0.048 0.048 101.743
3. 9 Scott Dixon 16 1:03.768 0.078 0.126 101.619
4. 11 Tony Kanaan 16 1:03.812 0.044 0.170 101.548
5. 3 Helio Castroneves 17 1:04.145 0.333 0.503 101.021
6. 2 Tomas Scheckter 17 1:04.203 0.058 0.561 100.930
7. 7 Bryan Herta 17 1:04.583 0.380 0.941 100.336
8. 6 Sam Hornish Jr 11 1:04.776 0.193 1.134 100.036
9. 15 Buddy Rice 18 1:04.835 0.059 1.193 99.946
10. 16 Danica Patrick 17 1:04.913 0.078 1.271 99.826
11. 4 Vitor Meira 16 1:04.977 0.064 1.335 99.728
12. 8 Scott Sharp 13 1:05.092 0.115 1.450 99.551
13. 14 Felipe Giaffone 14 1:05.216 0.124 1.574 99.362
14. 20 Roberto Moreno 16 1:05.259 0.043 1.617 99.297
15. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr 17 1:05.522 0.263 1.880 98.898
16. 5 Buddy Lazier 17 1:05.636 0.114 1.994 98.726
17. 26 Marco Andretti 16 1:05.760 0.124 2.118 98.540
18. 55 Kosuke Matsuura 5 1:07.233 1.473 3.591 96.382
19. 91 PJ Chesson 16 1:07.905 0.672 4.263 95.427
Race Result
Pos # Driver Chassis Laps Time/Reason
1. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 100 1:56:57.5172, 92.340 mph
2. 9 Scott Dixon Panoz 100 1:56:57.6558
3. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 100 1:56:58.1456
4. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 100 1:56:58.2985
5. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 100 1:57:00.1167
6. 16 Danica Patrick Panoz 100 1:57:00.5605
7. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 100 1:57:50.2344
8. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 99 1:56:59.7074
9. 14 Felipe Giaffone Dallara 99 1:57:01.4326
10. 8 Scott Sharp Panoz 99 1:57:01.6665
11. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr Dallara 99 1:57:02.2342
12. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara 96 1:50:42.2791 Accident
13. 15 Buddy Rice Panoz 96 1:50:42.6343 Accident
14. 5 Buddy Lazier Dallara 59 1:41:31.2193 Handling
15. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 58 1:07:37.3602 Mechanical
16. 10 Dan Wheldon Panoz 57 1:08:52.6307 Accident
17. 91 PJ Chesson Dallara 55 1:11:37.2940 Handling
18. 20 Roberto Moreno Dallara 32 0:36:05.8511 Handling
19. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 15 0:16:31.9185 Handling
Fastest Lap: Kanaan, 1:03.5842 (101.912 mph) on lap 71
Lap Leaders Cautions
On Lap # Driver Laps Reason
1 27 Franchitti 53- 59 Car 91 spun in turn 10
15 9 Dixon 97-100 Cars 2 and 15 contact in turn 4
35 6 Hornish
37 9 Dixon
45 3 Castroneves
55 15 Rice
63 3 Castroneves
88 9 Dixon
96 3 Castroneves