2006 - IndyCar - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Results
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The NTT IndyCar Series is the premier North American open wheel racing series. The Indy Racing League (IRL) series was started by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George in 1996 as a competitor to the CART Series League. In 2008, the IndyCar Series merged with the Champ Car World Series (formerly CART). The series is now sanctioned by INDYCAR.
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2006 - IndyCar - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Race Name - Honda Grand Prix of St. PetersburgDate - 4/2/2006Race Track - Streets of St. PetersburgNumber of Starting Cars - 19Laps Run - 100 Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Dario Franchitti / 104.054 mphCautions - 2 cautions for 11 laps Average Race Speed - 92.34 mphLead Changes - 5 Leader(s) with 8 Lead ChangesLap Leader - Helio Castroneves Race Number - 2Finish | Start | Driver | Sponsor (Owner) | Chassis | Engine | Qualify Speed |
1 | 5 | Helio Castroneves | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 103.27 |
2 | 2 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Panoz | Honda | 103.522 |
3 | 3 | Tony Kanaan | Team 7Eleven | Dallara | Honda | 103.493 |
4 | 6 | Bryan Herta | XM Satellite Radio | Dallara | Honda | 103.058 |
5 | 12 | Vitor Meira | Econova Panther | Dallara | Honda | 101.217 |
6 | 14 | Danica Patrick | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent | Panoz | Honda | 100.553 |
7 | 9 | Kosuke Matsuura | Panasonic ARTA | Dallara | Honda | 101.562 |
8 | 4 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara | Honda | 103.389 |
9 | 16 | Felipe Giaffone | ABC Supply Co/AJ Foyt Racing | Dallara | Honda | 99.106 |
10 | 15 | Scott Sharp | Delphi | Panoz | Honda | 99.909 |
11 | 17 | Eddie Cheever | Cheever Racing | Dallara | Honda | 98.86 |
12 | 8 | Tomas Scheckter | Vision Racing | Dallara | Honda | 101.704 |
13 | 7 | Buddy Rice | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent | Panoz | Honda | 101.943 |
14 | 18 | Buddy Lazier | Dreyer Reinbold Racing | Dallara | Honda | 97.822 |
15 | 10 | Marco Andretti | NYSE Group | Dallara | Honda | 101.432 |
16 | 13 | Dan Wheldon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Panoz | Honda | 101.208 |
17 | 19 | P.J. Chesson | Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara | Honda | 94.15 |
18 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | Vision Racing | Dallara | Honda | 101.336 |
19 | 1 | Dario Franchitti | Klein Tools/Jim Beam | Dallara | Honda | 104.054 |