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2006 Indianapolis 500

2006 Indianapolis 500 is 90th Indy 500 race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the pole position and this race. Marco Andretti and Michael Andretti also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 2005 Indianapolis 500
Next race: 2007 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 28th May 2006

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2006 Indianapolis 500

7th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
1st victory for the Sam Hornish, Jr.
1st podium for the Sam Hornish, Jr.
1st podium for the Marco Andretti
3rd podium for the Michael Andretti

2006 Indianapolis 500

2006 Indianapolis 500

Dallara IR2 - 2006 Indianapolis 500 winner

Dallara IR2 #6 - 2006 Indianapolis 500 winner

2006 Indianapolis 500 results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR2, #6 50 3h 10m 58.759s 0 Marlboro Team Penske
2 Marco Andretti Dallara IR2, #26 40 3h 10m 58.8225s 0 Andretti Green Racing
3 Michael Andretti Dallara IR2, #1 35 3h 10m 59.7677s 0 Andretti Green Racing
4 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR2, #10 35 3h 11m 0.0282s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR2, #11 30 3h 11m 0.4046s 0 Andretti Green Racing
6 Scott Dixon Dallara IR2, #9 28 3h 11m 1.8156s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
7 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR2, #27 26 3h 11m 4.3839s 0 Andretti Green Racing
8 Danica Patrick Panoz GF09, #16 24 3h 11m 4.4853s 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
9 Scott Sharp Dallara IR2, #8 22 3h 11m 9.8842s 0 Fernandez Racing
10 Vitor Meira Dallara IR2, #4 20 3h 11m 16.7144s 0 Panther Racing
11 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR2, #20 19 199 laps 0 Vision Racing
12 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR2, #5 18 199 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
13 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR2, #51 17 198 laps 0 Cheever Indy Racing
14 Massimiliano Papis Dallara IR2, #52 16 197 laps 0 Cheever Indy Racing
15 Kousuke Matsuura Dallara IR2, #55 15 196 laps 0 Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
16 Roger Yasukawa Panoz GF09, #12 14 194 laps 0 Playa Del Racing
17 Jaques Lazier Panoz GF09, #21 13 193 laps 0 Playa Del Racing
18 Airton Dare Panoz GF09, #88 12 193 laps 0 Sam Schmidt Motorsports
19 P.J. Jones Panoz GF09, #98 12 189 laps 0
20 Bryan Herta Dallara IR2, #7 12 188 laps 0 Andretti Green Racing
21 Felipe Giaffone Dallara IR2, #14 12 177 laps Accident 0 AJ Foyt Racing
22 Townsend Bell Dallara IR2, #90 12 161 laps Suspension 0 Vision Racing
23 Jeff Simmons Panoz GF09, #17 12 152 laps Accident 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
24 Al Unser, Jr. Dallara IR2, #31 12 145 laps Accident 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
25 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR2, #3 10 109 laps Accident 0 Marlboro Team Penske
26 Buddy Rice Panoz GF09, #15 10 108 laps Accident 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
27 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR2, #2 10 65 laps Accident 0 Vision Racing
28 Arie Luyendyk jr Panoz GF09, #61 10 54 laps Handling 0 Luyendyk Racing
29 Stephan Gregoire Panoz GF09, #97 10 49 laps Handling 0 Team Leader Racing
30 Larry Foyt Dallara IR2, #41 10 43 laps Handling 0 AJ Foyt Racing
31 Thiago Medeiros Panoz GF09, #18 10 24 laps Electrics 0 PDM Racing
32 Jeff Bucknum Dallara IR2, #92 10 1 laps Accident 0 Hemelgarn Racing
33 PJ Chesson Dallara IR2, #91 10 1 laps Accident 0 Hemelgarn Racing
0 Ryan Briscoe Dallara IR2, #48 0 0 AJ Foyt Racing
0 Marty Roth Dallara IR2, #25 0 0 Roth Racing

Qualifying Results for the 2006 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR2, #6 2m 37.2155s Marlboro Team Penske
2 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR2, #3 2m 37.8893s Marlboro Team Penske
3 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR2, #10 2m 38.3543s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4 Scott Dixon Dallara IR2, #9 2m 38.6457s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR2, #11 2m 38.7471s Andretti Green Racing
6 Vitor Meira Dallara IR2, #4 2m 39.1823s Panther Racing
7 Kousuke Matsuura Dallara IR2, #55 2m 39.6431s Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
8 Scott Sharp Dallara IR2, #8 2m 39.772s Fernandez Racing
9 Marco Andretti Dallara IR2, #26 2m 40.0586s Andretti Green Racing
10 Danica Patrick Panoz GF09, #16 2m 40.2319s Rahal-Letterman Racing
11 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR2, #2 2m 40.2431s Vision Racing
12 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR2, #20 2m 40.3224s Vision Racing
13 Michael Andretti Dallara IR2, #1 2m 40.3505s Andretti Green Racing
14 Buddy Rice Panoz GF09, #15 2m 40.4326s Rahal-Letterman Racing
15 Townsend Bell Dallara IR2, #90 2m 40.4466s Vision Racing
16 Bryan Herta Dallara IR2, #7 2m 40.5859s Andretti Green Racing
17 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR2, #27 2m 41.1857s Andretti Green Racing
18 Massimiliano Papis Dallara IR2, #52 2m 42.1198s Cheever Indy Racing
19 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR2, #51 2m 42.142s Cheever Indy Racing
20 PJ Chesson Dallara IR2, #91 2m 42.4724s Hemelgarn Racing
21 Felipe Giaffone Dallara IR2, #14 2m 42.4973s AJ Foyt Racing
22 Jeff Bucknum Dallara IR2, #92 2m 42.5566s Hemelgarn Racing
23 Larry Foyt Dallara IR2, #41 2m 42.6519s AJ Foyt Racing
24 Jaques Lazier Panoz GF09, #21 2m 42.7847s Playa Del Racing
25 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR2, #5 2m 42.9534s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
26 Jeff Simmons Panoz GF09, #17 2m 43.3785s Rahal-Letterman Racing
27 Al Unser, Jr. Dallara IR2, #31 2m 44.0925s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
28 Roger Yasukawa Panoz GF09, #12 2m 44.5393s Playa Del Racing
29 Airton Dare Panoz GF09, #88 2m 45.0091s Sam Schmidt Motorsports
30 Stephan Gregoire Panoz GF09, #97 2m 45.5723s Team Leader Racing
31 Arie Luyendyk jr Panoz GF09, #61 2m 46.3952s Luyendyk Racing
32 P.J. Jones Panoz GF09, #98 2m 46.8091s
33 Thiago Medeiros Panoz GF09, #18 2m 46.8763s PDM Racing
34 Ryan Briscoe Dallara IR2, #48 AJ Foyt Racing
35 Marty Roth Dallara IR2, #25 Roth Racing

List of all cars for the 2006 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Dallara IR2

Honda

Panoz GF09

Honda