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2011 Indianapolis 500

2011 Indianapolis 500 is 209th IRL race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Alexandre Tagliani won the pole position, Dan Wheldon won this race. JR Hildebrand and Graham Rahal also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 2011 Sao Paulo Indycars
Next race: 2011 Texas Indycars
Race Start: 29th May 2011

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2011 Indianapolis 500

1st victory for the Bryan Herta Autosport team
16th victory for the Dan Wheldon
43rd podium for the Dan Wheldon
1st podium for the JR Hildebrand
5th podium for the Graham Rahal

2011 Indianapolis 500

2011 Indianapolis 500

Dallara IR4 - 2011 Indianapolis 500 winner

Dallara IR4 #98 - 2011 Indianapolis 500 winner

2011 Indianapolis 500 results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR4, #98 59 2h 56m 11.7267s 0 Bryan Herta Autosport
2 JR Hildebrand Dallara IR4, #4 44 2h 56m 13.8553s 0 Panther Racing
3 Graham Rahal Dallara IR4, #38 38 2h 56m 17.3216s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR4, #82 36 2h 56m 19.2137s 0 KV Racing Technology
5 Scott Dixon Dallara IR4, #9 45 2h 56m 21.2701s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6 Oriol Servia Dallara IR4, #2 40 2h 56m 21.2702s 0 Newman-Haas Racing
7 Bertrand Baguette Dallara IR4, #30 30 2h 56m 35.6998s 0 Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing
8 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR4, #7 28 2h 56m 36.0566s 0 KV Racing Technology
9 Marco Andretti Dallara IR4, #26 25 2h 56m 37.1978s 0 Andretti Autosport
10 Danica Patrick Dallara IR4, #7 23 2h 56m 38.175s 0 Andretti Autosport
11 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR4, #67 26 2h 56m 38.7642s 0 Sarah Fisher Racing
12 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR4, #10 24 2h 57m 8.1434s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
13 Charlie Kimball Dallara IR4, #83 20 199 laps 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
14 Will Power Dallara IR4, #12 26 199 laps 0 Team Penske
15 Vitor Meira Dallara IR4, #14 19 199 laps 0 AJ Foyt Racing
16 Justin Wilson Dallara IR4, #22 18 199 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
17 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR4, #3 17 199 laps 0 Team Penske
18 Buddy Rice Dallara IR4, #44 20 198 laps 0 Panther Racing
19 Alex Lloyd Dallara IR4, #19 15 198 laps 0 Dale Coyne Racing
20 Pippa Mann Dallara IR4, #36 15 198 laps 0 Conquest Racing
21 Ana Beatriz Dallara IR4, #24 15 197 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
22 John Andretti Dallara IR4, #43 16 197 laps 0 Andretti Autosport
23 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara IR4, #41 12 197 laps 0 AJ Foyt Racing
24 Davey Hamilton Dallara IR4, #11 16 193 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
25 Paul Tracy Dallara IR4, #23 13 175 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
26 Townsend Bell Dallara IR4, #99 21 157 laps Accident 0 Sam Schmidt Motorsports
27 Ryan Briscoe Dallara IR4, #6 13 157 laps Accident 0 Team Penske
28 Alexandre Tagliani Dallara IR4, #77 25 147 laps Accident 0 Sam Schmidt Motorsports
29 James Hinchcliffe Dallara IR4, #6 14 99 laps Accident 0 Newman-Haas Racing
30 Jay Howard Dallara IR4, #88 14 60 laps Accident 0 Sam Schmidt Motorsports
31 Simona de Silvestro Dallara IR4, #78 14 44 laps Handling 0 HVM Racing
32 Ernesto Viso, Takuma Sato Dallara IR4, #59 14 27 laps Accident 0 KV Racing Technology

Qualifying Results for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Alexandre Tagliani Dallara IR4, #77 2m 38.2613s Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2 Scott Dixon Dallara IR4, #9 2m 38.3528s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3 Oriol Servia Dallara IR4, #2 2m 38.4727s Newman-Haas Racing
4 Townsend Bell Dallara IR4, #99 2m 38.6696s Sam Schmidt Motorsports
5 Will Power Dallara IR4, #12 2m 38.7493s Team Penske
6 Dan Wheldon Dallara IR4, #98 2m 38.9477s Bryan Herta Autosport
7 Buddy Rice Dallara IR4, #44 2m 39.4431s Panther Racing
8 Ed Carpenter Dallara IR4, #67 2m 39.9137s Sarah Fisher Racing
9 Dario Franchitti Dallara IR4, #10 2m 39.0253s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
10 Takuma Sato Dallara IR4, #5 2m 39.4785s KV Racing Technology
11 Vitor Meira Dallara IR4, #14 2m 39.5814s AJ Foyt Racing
12 JR Hildebrand Dallara IR4, #4 2m 39.5895s Panther Racing
13 James Hinchcliffe Dallara IR4, #6 2m 39.5942s Newman-Haas Racing
14 Bertrand Baguette Dallara IR4, #30 2m 39.7973s Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing
15 Davey Hamilton Dallara IR4, #11 2m 39.8223s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
16 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR4, #3 2m 39.8464s Team Penske
17 John Andretti Dallara IR4, #43 2m 40.0133s Andretti Autosport
18 Ernesto Viso Dallara IR4, #59 2m 40.1907s KV Racing Technology
19 Justin Wilson Dallara IR4, #22 2m 40.3488s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
20 Jay Howard Dallara IR4, #88 2m 40.3685s Sam Schmidt Motorsports
21 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR4, #7 2m 40.404s KV Racing Technology
22 Tony Kanaan Dallara IR4, #82 2m 40.4156s KV Racing Technology
23 Simona de Silvestro Dallara IR4, #78 2m 40.4335s HVM Racing
24 Paul Tracy Dallara IR4, #23 2m 40.0433s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
25 Danica Patrick Dallara IR4, #7 2m 40.0987s Andretti Autosport
26 Ryan Briscoe Dallara IR4, #6 2m 40.2572s Team Penske
27 Marco Andretti Dallara IR4, #26 2m 40.2648s Andretti Autosport
28 Charlie Kimball Dallara IR4, #83 2m 40.3574s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
29 Graham Rahal Dallara IR4, #38 2m 40.4424s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
30 Alex Lloyd Dallara IR4, #19 2m 40.7451s Dale Coyne Racing
31 Pippa Mann Dallara IR4, #36 2m 40.76s Conquest Racing
32 Ana Beatriz, Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara IR4, #24 2m 40.8012s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

List of all cars for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Dallara IR4

Honda