2006 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

The 2006 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2006 IndyCar Series season, held on April 2, 2006 on the Streets of St. Petersburg city track and covered by ESPN. Dario Franchitti won the pole, but was knocked out early due to mechanical failure. The race was won by Helio Castroneves, finishing under the yellow flag after Tomas Scheckter and Buddy Rice hit the barrier with 4 laps to go.

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Qual Time	Best Lap	Laps
1	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.2753	5	6
2	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:02.5951	4	7
3	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.6127	7	11
4	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	1:02.6758	3	5
5	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	1:02.7482	4	8
6	Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.8774	6	7
7	Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	1:03.5648	1	1
8	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	1:03.7143	1	1
9	Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	1:03.8033	1	1
10	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	1:03.8853	1	1
11	Roberto Moreno	Vision Racing	1:03.9455	1	1
12	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	1:04.0206	1	1
13	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:04.0267	1	1
14	Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	1:04.4436	1	1
15	Scott Sharp	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	1:04.8588	1	1
16	Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:05.3845	1	1
17	Eddie Cheever Jr.	Cheever Racing	1:05.5475	1	1
18	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:06.2425	1	1
19	P. J. Chesson	Hemelgarn Racing	1:08.8266	1	1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Lead	Points
1	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	100	1:56:57.5172	5	40	53
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	100	+0.1386 secs	2	36	40
3	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	100	+0.6284 secs	3	0	35
4	7	Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	100	+0.7813 secs	6	0	32
5	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	100	+2.5995 secs	12	0	30
6	16	Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	100	+3.0433 secs	14	0	28
7	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	100	+52.7172 secs	9	0	26
8	6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	99	+ 1 Lap	4	2	24
9	14	Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	99	+ 1 Lap	16	0	22
10	8	Scott Sharp	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	99	+ 1 Lap	15	0	20
11	51	Eddie Cheever Jr.	Cheever Racing	99	+ 1 Lap	17	0	19
12	2	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	96	Accident	8	0	18
13	15	Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	96	Accident	7	8	17
14	5	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	59	Mechanical	18	0	16
15	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	58	Halfshaft	10	0	15
16	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	57	Accident	13	0	14
17	91	P. J. Chesson	Hemelgarn Racing	55	Suspension	19	0	13
18	20	Roberto Moreno	Vision Racing	32	Steering	11	0	12
19	27	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	15	Wheel Bearing	1	14	12