IRL IndyCar Series: Nashville, Round 9

15th July 2006 - Firestone Indy 200



Practice 1

Pos # Driver Chassis Time Gap To 1st Speed 1. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 23.2020 201.707 2. 10 Dan Wheldon Dallara 23.2350 0.0330 0.0330 201.420 3. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 23.2690 0.0340 0.0670 201.126 4. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 23.3080 0.0390 0.1060 200.789 5. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 23.3360 0.0280 0.1340 200.549 6. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 23.3550 0.0190 0.1530 200.385 7. 8 Scott Sharp Dallara 23.3600 0.0050 0.1580 200.342 8. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 23.3700 0.0100 0.1680 200.257 9. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara 23.4060 0.0360 0.2040 199.949 10. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara 23.4130 0.0070 0.2110 199.889 11. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 23.4260 0.0130 0.2240 199.778 12. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 23.4940 0.0680 0.2920 199.200 13. 16 Danica Patrick Dallara 23.5020 0.0080 0.3000 199.132 14. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dallara 23.5710 0.0690 0.3690 198.549 15. 17 Jeff Simmons Dallara 23.5920 0.0210 0.3900 198.372 16. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara 23.6100 0.0180 0.4080 198.221 17. 15 Buddy Rice Dallara 23.8050 0.1950 0.6030 196.597 18. 14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara 23.9540 0.1490 0.7520 195.374

Practice 2

Pos # Driver Chassis Time Gap To 1st Speed 1. 10 Dan Wheldon Dallara 23.1114 202.497 2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 23.1392 0.0278 0.0278 202.254 3. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 23.1953 0.0561 0.0839 201.765 4. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 23.2059 0.0106 0.0945 201.673 5. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 23.2309 0.0250 0.1195 201.456 6. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 23.2861 0.0552 0.1747 200.978 7. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara 23.3198 0.0337 0.2084 200.688 8. 16 Danica Patrick Dallara 23.3392 0.0194 0.2278 200.521 9. 8 Scott Sharp Dallara 23.3692 0.0300 0.2578 200.264 10. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 23.3749 0.0057 0.2635 200.215 11. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dallara 23.4706 0.0957 0.3592 199.398 12. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara 23.4744 0.0038 0.3630 199.366 13. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 23.4852 0.0108 0.3738 199.274 14. 17 Jeff Simmons Dallara 23.5208 0.0356 0.4094 198.973 15. 14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara 23.5841 0.0633 0.4727 198.439 16. 15 Buddy Rice Dallara 23.5989 0.0148 0.4875 198.314 17. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 23.6075 0.0086 0.4961 198.242 18. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara 23.7579 0.1504 0.6465 196.987

Starting Grid

Pos # Driver Chassis Time Gap To 1st Speed 1. 10 Dan Wheldon Dallara 23.0210 203.293 2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 23.1269 0.1059 0.1059 202.362 3. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara 23.1461 0.0192 0.1251 202.194 4. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 23.1689 0.0228 0.1479 201.995 5. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 23.1803 0.0114 0.1593 201.896 6. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 23.2111 0.0308 0.1901 201.628 7. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 23.3046 0.0935 0.2836 200.819 8. 8 Scott Sharp Dallara 23.3067 0.0021 0.2857 200.801 9. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara 23.3503 0.0436 0.3293 200.426 10. 16 Danica Patrick Dallara 23.3669 0.0166 0.3459 200.283 11. 15 Buddy Rice Dallara 23.3680 0.0011 0.3470 200.274 12. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 23.4300 0.0620 0.4090 199.744 13. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dallara 23.4461 0.0161 0.4251 199.607 14. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara 23.4572 0.0111 0.4362 199.512 15. 17 Jeff Simmons Dallara 23.4637 0.0065 0.4427 199.457 16. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 23.4721 0.0084 0.4511 199.386 17. 14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara 23.5828 0.1107 0.5618 198.450 18. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 23.5993 0.0165 0.5783 198.311

Final Practice

Pos # Driver Chassis Time Gap To 1st Speed 1. 10 Dan Wheldon Dallara 23.1769 201.925 2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Dallara 23.2428 0.0659 0.0659 201.353 3. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara 23.2717 0.0289 0.0948 201.103 4. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara 23.2787 0.0070 0.1018 201.042 5. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara 23.3481 0.0694 0.1712 200.445 6. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara 23.3994 0.0513 0.2225 200.005 7. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara 23.4085 0.0091 0.2316 199.927 8. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dallara 23.4356 0.0271 0.2587 199.696 9. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara 23.4375 0.0019 0.2606 199.680 10. 15 Buddy Rice Dallara 23.4429 0.0054 0.2660 199.634 11. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara 23.4480 0.0051 0.2711 199.591 12. 17 Jeff Simmons Dallara 23.4488 0.0008 0.2719 199.584 13. 8 Scott Sharp Dallara 23.4902 0.0414 0.3133 199.232 14. 16 Danica Patrick Dallara 23.5173 0.0271 0.3404 199.002 15. 7 Bryan Herta Dallara 23.5356 0.0183 0.3587 198.848 16. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara 23.6212 0.0856 0.4443 198.127 17. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara 23.7565 0.1353 0.5796 196.999 18. 14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara 24.1865 0.4300 1.0096 193.496

Race Result

Pos # Driver Team Chassis Laps Time/Result 1. 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara 200 1:36:46.2751, 161.205 mph 2. 10 Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara 200 1:36:46.3927 3. 4 Vitor Meira Panther Racing Dallara 200 1:36:47.5507 4. 16 Danica Patrick Rahal Letterman Racing Dallara 200 1:36:48.7770 5. 3 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara 200 1:36:49.8398 6. 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Dallara 200 1:36:58.2200 7. 17 Jeff Simmons Rahal Letterman Racing Dallara 199 1:36:55.6806 8. 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing Dallara 199 1:36:56.2415 9. 5 Ryan Briscoe Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara 199 1:37:00.7427 10. 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing Dallara 198 1:36:57.8936 11. 7 Bryan Herta Andretti Green Racing Dallara 198 1:36:58.9267 12. 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara 170 1:32:03.7318 13. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Super Agury Fernandez Racing Dallara 162 1:14:21.9505 Accident 14. 6 Sam Hornish Jr Team Penske Dallara 128 0:56:11.7736 Accident 15. 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing Dallara 121 0:53:30.8861 Mechanical 16. 15 Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman Racing Dallara 61 0:24:52.9959 Electrical 17. 8 Scott Sharp Fernandez Racing Dallara 58 0:23:02.4556 Electrical 18. 14 Jeff Bucknum AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara 36 0:15:55.8114 Handling Fastest Lap: Wheldon, 23.1401s (202.246 mph) Lap Leaders Cautions On Lap # Driver Laps Reason 1 10 Wheldon, Dan 64- 72 Tow in for car #15 at pit entry 58 6 Hornish Jr, Sam 130-137 Car #6 contact turn 2 61 10 Wheldon, Dan 164-173 Car #55 contact turn 4 89 6 Hornish Jr, Sam 94 10 Wheldon, Dan 124 6 Hornish Jr, Sam 126 4 Meira, Vitor 127 9 Dixon, Scott 129 55 Matsuura, Kosuke 134 9 Dixon, Scott

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1. Sam Hornish Jr. 316 2. Scott Dixon 311 3. Helio Castroneves 310 4. Dan Wheldon 300 5. Vitor Meira 262 6. Tony Kanaan 224 7. Dario Franchitti 203 8. Marco Andretti 196 9. Danica Patrick 191 10. Kosuke Matsuura 190 11. Scott Sharp 189 12. Bryan Herta 189 13. Tomas Scheckter 174 14. Buddy Rice 151 15. Ed Carpenter 145 16. Felipe Giaffone 142 17. Eddie Cheever Jr. 114 18. Jeff Simmons 109 19. Buddy Lazier 107 20. Ryan Briscoe 57 21. P.J. Chesson 54 22. Michael Andretti 35 23. Jeff Bucknum 22 24. Max Papis 16 25. Roger Yasukawa 14 26. Jaques Lazier 13 27. Al Unser Jr. 12 28. Roberto Moreno 12 29. Tomas Enge 12 30. Townsend Bell 12 31. P.J. Jones 12 32. Airton Dare 12 33. Arie Luyendyk Jr. 10 34. Stephan Gregoire 10 35. Larry Foyt 10 36. Thiago Medeiros 10 37. Paul Dana 6 Rookie of the Year Pos Driver Points 1. Marco Andretti 196 2. Jeff Simmons 109 3. P.J. Chesson 54 4. Jeff Bucknum 22 5. Larry Foyt 10 6. Thiago Medeiros 10 7. Paul Dana 6