Ø Kentucky Speedway * Sparta, Kentucky
Race Date Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS/ENGINE SPEED
1. 3 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 218.328
2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 218.307
3. 10 Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 217.003
4. 11 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 216.766
5. 9 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 216.712
6. 27 Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 216.666
7. 55 Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 216.392
8. 20 Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 216.389
9. 4 Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 216.182
10. 8 Scott Sharp, Dallara-Honda, 215.889
11. 16 Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 215.456
12. 5 Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda, 215.061
13. 7 Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 214.989
14. 15 Buddy Rice, Dallara-Honda, 214.541
15. 17 Jeff Simmons, Dallara-Honda, 214.524
16. 14 Jeff Bucknum, Dallara-Honda, 214.468
17. 2 Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 214.095
18. 26 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 213.977
19. 25 Marty Roth, Dallara-Honda, 213.362
Indy Pro Series Kentucky 100 Starting Lineup
Kentucky Speedway * Sparta, Kentucky
Race Date Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS SPEED
1. 27 Jonathan Klein, Dallara, 189.392
2. 1 Wade Cunningham, Dallara, 189.019
3. 7 Jay Howard, Dallara, 188.824
4. 77 Travis Gregg, Dallara, 187.683
5. 11 Jaime Camara, Dallara, 187.172
6. 8 Ben Petter, Dallara, 186.803
7. 42 Tom Wood, Dallara, 186.468
8. 52 Nick Bussell, Dallara, 186.154
9. 24 Bobby Wilson, Dallara, 185.464
10. 51 Chris Festa, Dallara, 183.335
11. 76 Mike Potekhen, Dallara, 183.154
12. 3 Brett Van Blankers, Dallara, 182.474
13. 41 Sean Guthrie, Dallara, 181.891
14. 4 CR Crews, Dallara, 181.706
15. 26 Alex Lloyd, Dallara, 170.925
16. 9 Racer Kashima, Dallara, no time
Meijer Indy 300 Event Notes:
The Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Secret is the seventh IndyCar Series event at Kentucky Speedway. Scott Sharp is the defending race winner. Sarah Fisher holds the qualifying record with a lap of 24.0661 seconds, 221.390 mph set on Aug. 10, 2002. The WAMZ 100 is the fifth Indy Pro Series event at Kentucky Speedway. Travis Gregg is the defending race winner. Gregg holds the qualifying record with a lap of 27.9835 seconds, 190.398 set Aug. 13, 2004.
Two of the previous IndyCar Series winners at Kentucky are entered in the Meijer Indy 300: 2005 winner Scott Sharp (Delphi Fernandez Racing) and 2003 winner Sam Hornish Jr. (Marlboro Team Penske). Four Indianapolis 500 winners are entered in the Meijer Indy 300: Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Buddy Rice (2004), Dan Wheldon (2005) and Sam Hornish Jr. (2006). Drivers entered in the Firestone Indy 400 have combined for 70 IndyCar Series victories, 68 pole positions and 967 starts. Travis Gregg is the only former Indy Pro Series winner at Kentucky entered in the WAMZ 100. Jeff Simmons, who won the 2003 Indy Pro Series event, is entered in the Meijer Indy 300.
Three IndyCar Series rookies are entered in the Meijer Indy 300: Marco Andretti (Andretti Green Racing), Marty Roth (Roth 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 Kentucky Speedway, but is not eligible for Rookie of the Year.
The Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Secret will be the 132nd IRL IndyCar Series event since the series' inaugural race in 1996. In the 131 previous events, 26,200 laps of competition have been completed. In 11 races thus far in 2006, there have been five winners. Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves are the only multiple winners. Castroneves won at St. Petersburg, Motegi, Texas and Michigan, Hornish won at Indianapolis, Richmond and Kansas and Dixon won at Watkins Glen and Nashville. Dan Wheldon won at Homestead-Miami and Tony Kanaan won at Milwaukee. In those 10 races, 16 drivers have finished in the top five in at least one event.
The Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Secret will be the fifth of six events in 2006 contested on a 1.5-mile track. Winners in 2006 on 1.5-mile tracks: Dan Wheldon (Homestead-Miami Speedway), Helio Castroneves (Twin Ring Motegi and Texas Motor Speedway) and Sam Hornish Jr. (Kansas Speedway). The final 1.5-mile track on the schedule is Chicagoland Speedway (Sept. 10).
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