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2006 Texas Indycars in IRL at the Texas Motor Speedway circuit. Full information

2006 Texas Indycars

2006 Texas Indycars is 127th IRL race. Passed at the Texas Motor Speedway circuit. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the pole position, Helio Castroneves won this race. Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (468 km).

Previous race: 2006 Watkins Glen Indycars
Next race: 2006 Richmond Indycars
Race Start: 10th June 2006

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2006 Texas Indycars

19th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
10th victory for the Helio Castroneves
28th podium for the Helio Castroneves
13th podium for the Scott Dixon
24th podium for the Dan Wheldon

Dallara IR2 - 2006 Texas Indycars winner

Dallara IR2 #3 - 2006 Texas Indycars winner

2006 Texas Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR2, #3 50 1h 34m 1.0482s 0 Marlboro Team Penske
2 Scott Dixon Dallara IR2, #9 40 1h 34m 1.2884s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR2, #10 38 1h 34m 1.3463s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR2, #6 32 1h 34m 15.5871s 0 Marlboro Team Penske
5 Scott Sharp Dallara IR2, #8 30 1h 34m 15.6377s 0 Fernandez Racing
6 Vitor Meira Dallara IR2, #4 28 1h 34m 16.9776s 0 Panther Racing
7 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR2, #11 26 1h 34m 17.188s 0 Andretti Green Racing
8 Kousuke Matsuura Dallara IR2, #55 24 1h 34m 23.3809s 0 Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
9 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR2, #20 22 1h 34m 24.0273s 0 Vision Racing
10 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR2, #2 20 199 laps 0 Vision Racing
11 Bryan Herta Dallara IR2, #7 19 199 laps 0 Andretti Green Racing
12 Danica Patrick Dallara IR2, #16 18 199 laps 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
13 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR2, #27 17 199 laps 0 Andretti Green Racing
14 Marco Andretti Dallara IR2, #26 16 199 laps 0 Andretti Green Racing
15 Jeff Simmons Dallara IR2, #17 15 198 laps 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
16 Felipe Giaffone Dallara IR2, #14 14 197 laps 0 AJ Foyt Racing
17 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR2, #51 13 197 laps 0 Cheever Indy Racing
18 Buddy Rice Dallara IR2, #15 12 70 laps Mechanical 0 Rahal-Letterman Racing
19 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR2, #5 12 56 laps Fuel pump 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

Qualifying Results for the 2006 Texas Indycars on the Texas Motor Speedway circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR2, #6 24.5197s Marlboro Team Penske
2 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR2, #10 24.5238s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR2, #3 24.5706s Marlboro Team Penske
4 Scott Dixon Dallara IR2, #9 24.5998s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR2, #2 24.612s Vision Racing
6 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR2, #11 24.6711s Andretti Green Racing
7 Scott Sharp Dallara IR2, #8 24.6794s Fernandez Racing
8 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR2, #27 24.7154s Andretti Green Racing
9 Marco Andretti Dallara IR2, #26 24.7165s Andretti Green Racing
10 Kousuke Matsuura Dallara IR2, #55 24.7607s Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
11 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR2, #20 24.7783s Vision Racing
12 Vitor Meira Dallara IR2, #4 24.7913s Panther Racing
13 Buddy Rice Dallara IR2, #15 24.8055s Rahal-Letterman Racing
14 Danica Patrick Dallara IR2, #16 24.8269s Rahal-Letterman Racing
15 Jeff Simmons Dallara IR2, #17 24.8901s Rahal-Letterman Racing
16 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR2, #51 25.0127s Cheever Indy Racing
17 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR2, #5 25.044s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
18 Bryan Herta Dallara IR2, #7 24.7622s Andretti Green Racing
19 Felipe Giaffone Dallara IR2, #14 AJ Foyt Racing

List of all cars for the 2006 Texas Indycars on the Texas Motor Speedway circuit

Dallara IR2

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