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2006 Richmond Indycars

2006 Richmond Indycars is 128th IRL race. Passed at the Richmond circuit. Helio Castroneves won the pole position, Sam Hornish, Jr. won this race. Vitor Meira and Dario Franchitti also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 250 laps (302 km).

Previous race: 2006 Texas Indycars
Next race: 2006 Kansas Indycars
Race Start: 24th June 2006

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2006 Richmond Indycars

20th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
16th victory for the Sam Hornish, Jr.
39th podium for the Sam Hornish, Jr.
9th podium for the Vitor Meira
11th podium for the Dario Franchitti

Dallara IR2 - 2006 Richmond Indycars winner

Dallara IR2 #6 - 2006 Richmond Indycars winner

2006 Richmond Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR2, #6 53 1h 26m 49.4669s 0 Marlboro Team Penske
2 Vitor Meira Dallara IR2, #4 40 1h 26m 49.8576s 0 Panther Racing
3 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR2, #27 35 1h 26m 51.0564s 0 Andretti Green Racing
4 Marco Andretti Dallara IR2, #26 32 1h 26m 56.0069s 0 Andretti Green Racing
5 Scott Sharp Dallara IR2, #8 30 1h 26m 55.1346s 0 Fernandez Racing
6 Bryan Herta Dallara IR2, #7 28 1h 27m 0.3886s 0 Andretti Green Racing
7 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR2, #2 26 249 laps 0 Vision Racing
8 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR2, #20 24 249 laps 0 Vision Racing
9 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR2, #10 22 249 laps 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
10 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR2, #3 20 249 laps 0 Marlboro Team Penske
11 Scott Dixon Dallara IR2, #9 19 249 laps 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
12 Kousuke Matsuura Dallara IR2, #55 18 247 laps 0 Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
13 Buddy Rice Dallara IR2, #15 17 247 laps 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
14 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR2, #51 16 246 laps 0 Cheever Indy Racing
15 Danica Patrick Dallara IR2, #16 15 246 laps 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
16 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR2, #5 14 245 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
17 Felipe Giaffone Dallara IR2, #14 13 244 laps 0 AJ Foyt Racing
18 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR2, #11 12 109 laps Gearbox 0 Andretti Green Racing
19 Jeff Simmons Dallara IR2, #17 12 59 laps Accident 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing

Qualifying Results for the 2006 Richmond Indycars on the Richmond circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR2, #3 15.5645s Marlboro Team Penske
2 Scott Sharp Dallara IR2, #8 15.633s Fernandez Racing
3 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR2, #6 15.6466s Marlboro Team Penske
4 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR2, #10 15.6529s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5 Marco Andretti Dallara IR2, #26 15.6915s Andretti Green Racing
6 Vitor Meira Dallara IR2, #4 15.7002s Panther Racing
7 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR2, #11 15.7022s Andretti Green Racing
8 Kousuke Matsuura Dallara IR2, #55 15.7158s Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
9 Bryan Herta Dallara IR2, #7 15.7514s Andretti Green Racing
10 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR2, #27 15.7645s Andretti Green Racing
11 Scott Dixon Dallara IR2, #9 15.7844s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
12 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR2, #2 15.8278s Vision Racing
13 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR2, #20 15.831s Vision Racing
14 Danica Patrick Dallara IR2, #16 15.8936s Rahal-Letterman Racing
15 Jeff Simmons Dallara IR2, #17 16.0425s Rahal-Letterman Racing
16 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR2, #51 16.0576s Cheever Indy Racing
17 Felipe Giaffone Dallara IR2, #14 16.527s AJ Foyt Racing
18 Buddy Rice Dallara IR2, #15 15.8771s Rahal-Letterman Racing
19 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR2, #5 16.529s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

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

Dallara IR2

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