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2006 Michigan Indycars in IRL at the Michigan circuit. Full information

2006 Michigan Indycars

2006 Michigan Indycars is 132nd IRL race. Passed at the Michigan circuit. Helio Castroneves won the pole position and this race. Vitor Meira and Dan Wheldon also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (644 km).

Previous race: 2006 Milwaukee Indycars
Next race: 2006 Kentucky Indycars
Race Start: 30th July 2006

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2006 Michigan Indycars

22nd victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
11th victory for the Helio Castroneves
29th podium for the Helio Castroneves
12th podium for the Vitor Meira
27th podium for the Dan Wheldon

Dallara IR2 - 2006 Michigan Indycars winner

Dallara IR2 #3 - 2006 Michigan Indycars winner

2006 Michigan Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR2, #3 50 2h 3m 43.7441s 0 Marlboro Team Penske
2 Vitor Meira Dallara IR2, #4 43 2h 3m 45.367s 0 Panther Racing
3 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR2, #10 35 2h 3m 49.97s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR2, #11 32 2h 3m 50.7315s 0 Andretti Green Racing
5 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR2, #2 30 2h 4m 11.6446s 0 Vision Racing
6 Scott Sharp Dallara IR2, #8 28 2h 4m 12.3001s 0 Fernandez Racing
7 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR2, #20 26 199 laps 0 Vision Racing
8 Marco Andretti Dallara IR2, #26 24 199 laps 0 Andretti Green Racing
9 Kousuke Matsuura Dallara IR2, #55 22 199 laps 0 Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
10 Jeff Simmons Dallara IR2, #17 20 199 laps 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
11 Bryan Herta Dallara IR2, #7 19 199 laps 0 Andretti Green Racing
12 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR2, #27 18 199 laps 0 Andretti Green Racing
13 Buddy Rice Dallara IR2, #15 17 199 laps 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
14 Jeff Bucknum Dallara IR2, #14 16 198 laps 0 AJ Foyt Racing
15 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR2, #5 15 198 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
16 Scott Dixon Dallara IR2, #9 14 198 laps 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
17 Danica Patrick Dallara IR2, #16 13 197 laps Mechanical 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
18 Marty Roth Dallara IR2, #25 12 192 laps 0 Roth Racing
19 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR2, #6 12 61 laps Mechanical 0 Marlboro Team Penske

Qualifying Results for the 2006 Michigan Indycars on the Michigan circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR2, #3 33.2138s Marlboro Team Penske
2 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR2, #6 33.2615s Marlboro Team Penske
3 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR2, #11 33.5253s Andretti Green Racing
4 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR2, #20 33.5602s Vision Racing
5 Scott Dixon Dallara IR2, #9 33.602s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6 Vitor Meira Dallara IR2, #4 33.6182s Panther Racing
7 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR2, #27 33.6683s Andretti Green Racing
8 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR2, #2 33.6881s Vision Racing
9 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR2, #10 33.6931s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
10 Buddy Rice Dallara IR2, #15 33.7315s Rahal-Letterman Racing
11 Danica Patrick Dallara IR2, #16 33.7462s Rahal-Letterman Racing
12 Bryan Herta Dallara IR2, #7 33.77s Andretti Green Racing
13 Scott Sharp Dallara IR2, #8 33.7768s Fernandez Racing
14 Kousuke Matsuura Dallara IR2, #55 33.8408s Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
15 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR2, #5 33.9226s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
16 Jeff Simmons Dallara IR2, #17 34.0119s Rahal-Letterman Racing
17 Marty Roth Dallara IR2, #25 34.2039s Roth Racing
18 Jeff Bucknum Dallara IR2, #14 34.2286s AJ Foyt Racing
19 Marco Andretti Dallara IR2, #26 34.3043s Andretti Green Racing

List of all cars for the 2006 Michigan Indycars on the Michigan circuit

Dallara IR2

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