Nashville Superspeedway * Nashville, Tennessee
Race Date July 15, 2006
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS/ENGINE SPEED
1. 10 Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 203.293
2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 202.362
3. 9 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 202.194
4. 3 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 201.995
5. 27 Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 201.896
6. 11 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 201.628
7. 4 Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 200.819
8. 8 Scott Sharp, Dallara-Honda, 200.801
9. 2 Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 200.426
10. 16 Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 200.283
11. 15 Buddy Rice, Dallara-Honda, 200.274
12. 55 Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 199.744
13. 5 Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 199.607
14. 20 Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 199.512
15. 17 Jeff Simmons, Dallara-Honda, 199.457
16. 7 Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 199.386
17. 14 Jeff Bucknum, Dallara-Honda, 198.450
18. 26 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 198.311
Indy Pro Series Sunbelt Rentals 100 Starting Lineup
Nashville Superspeedway * Nashville, Tennessee
Race Date July 15, 2006
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS SPEED
1. 1 Wade Cunningham, Dallara, 180.459
2. 7 Jay Howard, Dallara, 180.220
3. 11 Jaime Camara, Dallara, 178.883
4. 3 Brett Van Blankers, Dallara, 176.136
5. 52 Nick Bussell, Dallara, 175.747
6. 27 Jonathan Klein, Dallara, 175.693
7. 42 Tom Wood, Dallara, 175.027
8. 8 Scott Mansell, Dallara, 174.677
9. 24 Bobby Wilson, Dallara, 174.611
10. 25 Arie Luyendyk Jr., Dallara, 174.384
11. 51 Chris Festa, Dallara, 174.124
12. 41 Sean Guthrie, Dallara, 174.124
13. 33 Geoff Dodge, Dallara, 173.796
14. 9 Travis Gregg, Dallara, 172.500
15. 26 Alex Lloyd, Dallara, no speed
16. 76 James Chesson, Dallara, no speed
Firestone Indy 200 Event Notes:
This is the sixth IndyCar Series event at Nashville Superspeedway. Dario Franchitti is the defending race winner. Scott Dixon holds the qualifying record with a lap of 22.6952 seconds, 206.211 mph set in July 2003. This is the fifth Indy Pro Series event at Nashville Superspeedway. Jaime Camara is the defending race winner. Thiago Medeiros holds the qualifying record with a lap of 25.6598 seconds, 182.386 mph, set in July 2004.
Two of the five previous IndyCar Series winners at Nashville are entered in the Firestone Indy 200: Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti (Andretti Green Racing). Four Indianapolis 500 champions are expected to participate in the Firestone Indy 200: Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Buddy Rice (2004), Dan Wheldon (2005) and Sam Hornish Jr. (2006). Drivers entered in the Firestone Indy 200 have combined for 70 IndyCar Series victories, 66 IndyCar Series pole positions and 872 IndyCar Series starts.
2005 winner Jaime Camara (Andretti Green Racing) is the only former Indy Pro Series winner at Nashville entered in the Sunbelt Rentals 100.
Two IndyCar Series rookies are entered in the Firestone Indy 200: Marco Andretti (Andretti Green Racing) and Jeff Simmons (Rahal Letterman Racing). Both are eligible for the $50,000 Bombardier Rookie of the Year title. Jeff Bucknum (A.J. Foyt Racing) is making his first appearance at Nashville Superspeedway, but is not eligible for Rookie of the Year.
The Firestone Indy 200 is the only event in the series that takes place on a track with a concrete surface and the only track with a 1.33-mile distance. The event is the third and final night race of the season. Other events in 2006 that have taken place at night include the June 10 event at Texas Motor Speedway won by Helio Castroneves and the June 24 event at Richmond International Raceway won by Sam Hornish Jr.
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