Infineon Raceway * Sonoma, California
Race Date Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS/ENGINE SPEED
1. 9 Scott Dixon, Panoz-Honda, 107.484
2. 26 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 107.417
3. 3 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 107.236
4. 11 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 107.209
5. 27 Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 107.130
6. 10 Dan Wheldon, Panoz-Honda, 106.708
7. 5 Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 105.800
8. 4 Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 105.746
9. 7 Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 105.678
10. 6 Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 105.352
11. 16 Danica Patrick, Panoz-Honda, 104.772
12. 15 Buddy Rice, Panoz-Honda, 104.529
13. 55 Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 104.490
14. 17 Jeff Simmons, Panoz-Honda, 104.068
15. 14 Jeff Bucknum, Dallara-Honda, 103.376
16. 20 Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 103.065
17. 8 Scott Sharp, Panoz-Honda, 101.397
18. 2 Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, no speed
Indy Pro Series Carneros 100 Starting Lineup * Saturday, Aug. 26
Infineon Raceway * Sonoma, California
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS SPEED
1. 1 Wade Cunningham, Dallara, 99.840
2. 26 Alex Lloyd, Dallara, 99.162
3. 27 Jonathan Klein, Dallara, 98.449
4. 52 Nick Bussell, Dallara, 98.351
5. 7 Jay Howard, Dallara, 98.008
6. 24 Bobby Wilson, Dallara, 97.937
7. 76 Mike Potekhen, Dallara, 97.931
8. 38 Ryan Justice, Dallara, 97.699
9. 41 Scott Mansell, Dallara, 97.500
10. 11 Jaime Camara, Dallara, 97.415
11. 4 Micky Gilbert, Dallara, 95.972
12. 3 Daniel Gaunt, Dallara, 95.447
13. 9 Racer Kashima, Dallara, 87.730
14. 8 P.J. Abbott, Dallara, 82.540
15. 51 Hoover Orsi, Dallara, no speed
Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Event Notes:
Four Indianapolis 500 champions are expected to participate in the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma: Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002), Buddy Rice (2004), Dan Wheldon (2005) and Sam Hornish Jr. (2006).
Five IndyCar Series champions are scheduled to participate in the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma: Scott Sharp (1996 co-champion), Sam Hornish Jr. (2001, 2002), Scott Dixon (2003), Tony Kanaan (2004) and Dan Wheldon (2005).
Drivers entered in the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma have plenty of talent and experience. The 18 drivers entered in the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma have combined for 70 IndyCar Series victories, 68 pole positions and 949 starts.
The Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma will be the last of three events in 2006 contested on street or road courses: Helio Castroneves (St. Petersburg) and Scott Dixon (Watkins Glen International) won the previous events.
The Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma will be the 133rd IndyCar Series event since the series' inaugural race in 1996. In the 132 previous events, 26,400 laps of competition have been completed.
In 12 races thus far in 2006, there have been five winners. Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves are multiple winners. Hornish won at Indianapolis, Richmond, Kansas and Kentucky, Castroneves won at St. Petersburg, Motegi, Texas and Michigan and Dixon won at Watkins Glen and Nashville. Dan Wheldon won at Homestead-Miami and Tony Kanaan won at Milwaukee. In those 12 races, 16 drivers have finished in the top five in at least one event.
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