2006 Toyota Indy 300

The 2006 Toyota Indy 300 was the first round of the 2006 IndyCar Series season, held on March 26, 2006 on the Homestead-Miami Speedway and covered by ABC. The race was marred by a violent crash in the final practice session. Paul Dana was killed in the crash and teammates Danica Patrick and Buddy Rice withdrew from the race to honor his memory. He was the third driver to lose his life in the IRL. Ed Carpenter who was crashed into by Dana's car was also injured, but recovered.

The layout of Homestead-Miami Speedway

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Lap 1	Lap 2	Qual Time
1		Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	24.4625	24.4722	24.4625
2		Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	24.5131	24.5175	24.5131
3		Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	24.7384	24.6589	24.6589
4		Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	24.7384	24.6589	24.6589
5		Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	24.7578	24.7296	24.7296
6		Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	24.7720	24.7600	24.7600
7		Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	24.7664	24.7731	24.7664
8		Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	24.8417	24.7725	24.7725
9		Paul Dana	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	24.8160	24.7967	24.7967
10		Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	24.8117	24.8574	24.8117
11		Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	24.9775	24.8192	24.8192
12		Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	24.8567	24.8337	24.8337
13		Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	24.8692	24.8399	24.8399
14		Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	24.8467	24.8432	24.8432
15		Scott Sharp	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	24.9285	24.8896	24.8896
16		Eddie Cheever Jr.	Cheever Racing	25.0998	24.9690	24.9690
17		Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	24.9813	25.0022	24.9813
18		Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24.9878	No time	24.9878
19		Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	25.0320	24.9892	24.9892
20		P. J. Chesson	Hemelgarn Racing	25.2025	25.2439	25.2439

Race results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Lead	Points
1	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	1:46:14 167.73 mph	6	8	50
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	200	+0.015 secs	2	42	40
3	6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	200	Running	1	145	38
4	27	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	200	Running	5	0	32
5	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	Running	3	0	30
6	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	10	3	28
7	8	Scott Sharp	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	11	2	24
8	14	Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	198	+ 2 Laps	4	0	24
9	2	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	16	0	22
10	51	Eddie Cheever Jr.	Cheever Racing	196	+ 4 Laps	12	0	20
11	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	159	Crash	4	0	19
12	91	P. J. Chesson	Hemelgarn Racing	152	Accident	8	0	18
13	7	Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	140	Crash	11	0	17
14	5	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	12	Electrical	14	0	16
15	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	12	Halfshaft	13	0	15
16	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	10	Engine	15	0	14
17	16	Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	0	Withdrawn	17	0	7
18	15	Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	0	Withdrawn	18	0	6
19	17	Paul Dana	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	0	Fatal Practice Crash	19	0	6
20	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	0	Practice Crash	20	0	6

Caution flags

• Caution 1: Laps 10-20 (11) - Smoke: Car 4
• Caution 2: Laps 106-111 (6) - Debris: Turn 4
• Caution 3: Laps 162-168 (7) - Stall: Car 91, Contact: Car 11
• Caution 4: Laps 170-177 (8) - Contact: Car 7 in Turn 1

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results