Honda Indy 225 results

[marcus]

Rain Unfortunately washed out qualifying for Pikes Peak , The starting lineup is based on combined practice session results. There were two sessions – morning and afternoon – that were split into two groups each.



PIKES PEAK STARTING GRID


1. Tony Kanaan 174.311 (5th Career Pole)
Andretti-Green Racing
Dallara/Honda
29th Career start


2. Dan Wheldon 173.586 (2nd time starting 2nd)
Andretti-Green Racing
Dallara/Honda
28th Career start


3. Vitor Meira 173.149 (2nd time starting 3rd)
Rahal-Letterman Racing
G-Force/Honda
25th Career start



4. Dario Franchitti 172.916 (2nd time starting 4th)
Andretti-Green Racing
Dallara/Honda
16th Career start


5. Helio Castroneves 172.395 (4th time starting 5th)
Marlboro Team Penske
Dallara/Toyota
43rd Career start


6. Bryan Herta 172.308 (2nd time starting 6th)
Andretti-Green Racing
Dallara/Honda
23rd Career start


7. Adrian Fernandez 171.695 (1st time starting 7th)
Fernandez Racing
G-Force/Honda
11th Career start


8. Darren Manning 171.675 (2nd time starting 8th)
Target Chip Ganassi Racing
G-Force/Toyota
12th Career start


9. Sam Hornish Jnr 171.665 (2nd time starting 9th)
Marlboro Team Penske
Dallara/Toyota
64th Career start


10. Scott Dixon 171.445 (1st time starting 10th)
Target Chip Ganassi Racing
G-Force/Toyota
27th Career start


11. Buddy Rice 171.437 (2nd time starting 11th)
Rahal-Letterman Racing
G-Force/Honda
30th Career start


12. Felipe Giaffone 169.705 (3rd time starting 12th)
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Dallara/Chevrolet
48th career start


13. Tomas Schekter 169.424 (3rd time starting 13th)
Panther Racing
Dallara/Chevrolet
40th Career start


14. Jaques Lazier 168.917 (2nd time starting 14th)
Patrick Racing
Dallara/Chevrolet
42nd Career start


15. Townsend Bell 168.388 (1st time starting 15th)
Panther Racing
Dallara/Chevrolet
6th Career start


16. Alex Barron 168.311 (4th time starting 16th)
Red Bull Cheever Racing
Dallara/Chevrolet
38th Career start


17. Tora Takagi 168.050 (1st time starting 17th)
Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing
Dallara/Toyota
28th Career start


18. Mark Taylor 167.786 (4th time starting 18th)
Access Motorsports
G-Force/Honda
11th Career start


19. Scott Sharp 167.666 (4th time starting 19th)
Kelley Racing
Dallara/Toyota
94th Career start


20. Ed Carpenter 167.230 (1st time starting 20th)
Red Bull Cheever Racing
Dallara/Chevrolet
14th Career start


21. AJ Foyt IV 165.688 (7th time starting 21st)
AJ Foyt Enterprises
Dallara/Toyota
28th Career start


22. Kosuke Matsuura (2nd time starting 22nd) No time due to practise crash
Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
G-Force/Honda
12th Career start


TID BITS

This weekends event is the 8th year the Indy Racing league has attended Pikes Peak but its the 9th IRL race to be held there , in 1999 there were two rounds held both won by Greg Ray

even though Qualifying was a wash out its interesting to note that no one in practise got near the qualifying record of 179.874 mph set back in 2000 by Greg Ray.

Last years event had qualifying washed out by rain as well ,Tony Kanaan inherited that pole as well thanks to his qualifying speed

Scott Dixon is the only current driver who has tasted victory at Pikes Peak but the list of winners in the event is quite impressive

1997 : Tony Stewart
1998 : Kenny Brack
1999 : Greg Ray
1999 : Greg Ray
2000 : Eddie Cheever
2001 : Buddy Lazier
2002 : Gil DeFerran
2003 : Scott Dixon

Chassis wins are leaning way in the favour of Dallara at this track

Dallara 6 wins
G Force 2 wins

[Down F0rce]

Race Results
1 Dario Franchitti
2 Adrian Fernandez
3 Dan Wheldon
4 Darren Manning
5 Tony Kanaan
6 Helio Castroneves
7 Vitor Meira
8 Jaques Lazier
9 Bryan Herta
10 Alex Barron
11 Ed Carpenter
12 Townsend Bell
13 Kosuke Matsuura
14 Mark Taylor
15 Scott Sharp
16 Felipe Giaffone

17 Tomas Scheckter - Mechanical
18 Sam Hornish Jr - Accident
19 Tora Takagi - Handling
20 Scott Dixon - Handling
21 A.J. Foyt IV - Handling
22 Buddy Rice - Accident


Championship Standings
1 Tony Kanaan - 463
2 Buddy Rice - 395
3 Dan Wheldon - 381
4 Helio Castroneves - 326
5 Dario Franchitti - 319
6 Sam Hornish Jr. - 295
7 Adrian Fernandez - 286
8 Vitor Meira - 282
9 Bryan Herta - 271
10 Darren Manning - 268
11 Scott Dixon - 255
12 Alex Barron - 246
13 Kosuke Matsuura - 227
14 Scott Sharp - 205
15 Tora Takagi - 199
16 Ed Carpenter - 184
17 Tomas Scheckter - 174
18 A.J. Foyt IV - 171
19 Mark Taylor - 161
20 Felipe Giaffone - 145
21 Townsend Bell - 125
22 Greg Ray - 99
23 Jaques Lazier - 76
24 Robbie Buhl - 44
24 Al Unser Jr. - 44
26 Roger Yasukawa - 39
27 Bruno Junqueira - 30
28 Jeff Simmons - 26
29 Sarah Fisher - 12
29 Richie Hearn - 12
30 Buddy Lazier - 12
31 Robby McGehee - 12
32 Marty Roth - 12
34 Larry Foyt - 10
34 Robby Gordon - 10
35 PJ Jones - 10


Rookie Points
1 Kosuke Matsuura - 227
2 Ed Carpenter - 184
3 Mark Taylor - 161
4 Jeff Simmons - 26


Wins
Drivers
Homestead - Sam Hornish jr
Phoenix - Tony Kannan
Motegi - Dan Wheldon
Indiananapolis - Buddy Rice
Texas 1 - Tony Kanaan
Richmond - Dan Wheldon
Kansas - Buddy Rice
Nashville - Tony Kanaan
Milwaukee - Dario Franchitti
Michigan - Buddy Rice
Kentucky - Adrian Fernandez
Pikes Peak - Dario Franchitti

Teams
Homestead - Penske
Phoenix - Andretti Green Racing
Motegi - Andretti Green Racing
Indiananapolis - Team Rahal Letterman
Texas 1 - Andretti Green Racing
Richmond - Andretti Green Racing
Kansas - Team Rahal Letterman
Nashville - Andretti Green Racing
Milwaukee - Andretti Green Racing
Michigan - Team Rahal Letterman
Kentucky - Fernandez Racing
Pikes Peak - Andretti Green Racing

Engines
Homestead - Toyota
Phoenix - Honda
Motegi - Honda
Indiananapolis - Honda
Texas 1 - Honda
Richmond - Honda
Kansas - Honda
Nashville - Honda
Milwaukee - Honda
Michigan - Honda
Kentucky - Honda
Pikes Peak - Honda

Chassis
Homestead - Dallara
Phoenix - Dallara
Motegi - Dallara
Indiananapolis - G-Force
Texas 1 - Dallara
Richmond - Dallara
Kansas - G-Force
Nashville - Dallara
Milwaukee - Dallara
Michigan - G-Force
Kentucky - G-Force
Pikes Peak - Dallara

Poles
Drivers
Homestead - Buddy Rice
Phoenix - Dan Wheldon
Motegi - Dan Wheldon
Indiananapolis - Buddy Rice
Texas 1 - Dario Franchitti
Richmond - Helio Castroneves
Kansas - Buddy Rice
Nashville - Buddy Rice
Milwaukee - Vitor Meria
Michigan - Tony Kanaan
Kentucky - Buddy Rice
Pikes Peak - Tony Kanaan

Teams
Homestead - Team Rahal
Phoenix - Andretti Green Racing
Motegi - Andretti Green Racing
Indiananapolis - Team Rahal Letterman
Texas 1 - Andretti Green Racing
Richmond - Malboro Team Penske
Kansas - Team Rahal Letterman
Nashville - Team Rahal Letterman
Milwaukee - Team Rahal Letterman
Michigan - Andretti Green Racing
Kentucky - Team Rahal Letterman
Pikes Peak - Andretti Green Racing

Engines
Homestead - Honda
Phoenix - Honda
Motegi - Honda
Indiananapolis - Honda
Texas 1 - Honda
Richmond - Toyota
Kansas - Honda
Nashville - Honda
Milwaukee - Honda
Michigan - Honda
Kentucky - Honda
Pikes Peak - Honda

Chassis
Homestead - G-Force
Phoenix - Dallara
Motegi - Dallara
Indiananapolis - G-Force
Texas 1 - Dallara
Richmond - Dallara
Kansas - G-Force
Nashville - G-Force
Milwaukee - G-Force
Michigan - Dallara
Kentucky - G-Force
Pikes Peak - Dallara


Did you know...?
At 2.4 seconds, Franchitti's winning margin was the biggest all year.


Whats next?
Firestone Indy 225 - Nazareth Speedway - August 29th


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Nashville
Milwaukee
Michigan
Kentucky

[marcus]

Darren Manning equaled his best finish again of 4th place , its the 3rd time he has finished 4th and is looking for that elusive podium.

Interesting race and good to see Toyota and Chevy were sort of in the hunt , but when it came down to it Honda were again the engine to beat.

[TWIGLET]

Well done the Brits, especially Dario.

[luke]

Yeah the brits had a great day. Well done Dario Franchitti and Adrian Feranadez they diserved the poduim. Dan kept his title hopes alive Buddy hasn't. When will Tomas Scheckter every finish a race in a points finish. A bit disapointed as my racing hero Hornish lost it does anyone now what caused the spin, any way great race. Looking forward to Nazerth.

[BootsOntheSide]

Buddy's just as much of a challenger as Dan, especially if AGR start favouring Tony, which they might do if he has a bad result or two (and he is overdue some bad luck, in fairness).

Great day for the British guys, as you say, and lovely to see Lazier and Barron in the top 10.

[GP Racer]

Yeah, I think Lazier was the surprise of the day. Nice result for him, and it could go along way towards securing that seat for him!

Also Giaffone was very racy early on. Fell back badly though.

Good run for Manning, nice and clean, with no incidents. He is easily a far greater threat than Dixon to win one at this point. Dixon is a mess right now.

T Bell had an unusually quiet race, didn't he? And whats left to say about Tomas? Can it get any worse? He does have a good attitude about it all though, I'll give him that!

Thought Sam and Helio looked like winners here for awhile, but again, it wasn't meant to be...

[luke]

Panther's luck that they had been having over the past few years has finaly turned on them, shore they have been exstreamly unlucky esperly Tomas Scheckter it can only mean Tomas will have a good season next year if Panther wish to keep him.

[N I Tram]

Have Panther been lucky in recent years? I'm not so sure their resutls were more than the package as a whole (especially the driver) deserved.

It's a shame Penske couldn't hold it together, I'd love to see a non-Honda winner again. Great race as a whole, with some impressive drivers, and a few 'minnows' up the order.

2.4 seconds would be the closest legitimate margin in F1 all season - here it's a country mile!

[gomick]

congrats to dario - if only tony kanaan had hit the wall & not buddy rice

[luke]

No fears TK will have a bad spell before the end of the season.

[Kicking-back]

Why do you say that?

As each race goes by the probability of him having a problem decreases!

[GP Racer]

Originally posted by luke
No fears TK will have a bad spell before the end of the season.

I'm not so sure. Some years, it just all comes together for a driver, and this year seems to be the one for Tony.

On the other hand, there's Scheckter! When nothing goes your way. I saw him on Windtunnel last night, and I've got to say, his attitude is outstanding, considering all thats gone wrong this season. He still believes in himself, and his team, and he knows he can win here. He's a very positive guy.

When Dave asked him if he'll be back at Panther next year, he couldn't or wouldn't answer that question. I don't know what I would do if I were Panther. They've got a tough call to make with Tomas come seasons end...

[Kicking-back]

I'd keep him.

He's driving particularly well, of late.

If they get a race where it runs smoothly that may open the floodgates.

[GP Racer]

Can they afford to keep him though?

Tomas is probably a future champ somewhere, maybe here, and while I agree he's very quick, fearless, and he knows how to get the most out of his car, his repair bills have been astronomical since he has come into the IRL. You wouldn't mind paying that out, if you got the results, but as of yet, he hasn't.

On the other hand, T Bell has gotten some great results, with little of the problems Tomas has had.

Thats why I think they have a tough decision to make.