Homestead-Miami Speedway, 1.5-mile asphalt oval
Race Date Saturday, March 24, 2007
Pos Car Driver Chassis-Engine Laps Status Money
1. 1 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 200 Running $129800
2. 6 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 200 Running $90200
3. 2 Sam Hornish Jr. Dallara-Honda 200 Running $75400
4. 10 Vitor Meira Dallara-Honda 200 Running $62700
5. 4 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 200 Running $55300
6. 14 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 199 Running $48600
7. 3 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 199 Running $47200
8. 11 Tomas Scheckter Dallara-Honda 199 Running $46000
9. 7 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Honda 199 Running $46000
10. 12 Buddy Rice Dallara-Honda 199 Running $44600
11. 8 Sarah Fisher Dallara-Honda 195 Running $43200
12. 19 Scott Sharp Dallara-Honda 194 Running $41900
13. 15 Darren Manning Dallara-Honda 158 Mechanical $40700
14. 13 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 154 Contact $39100
15. 17 Marty Roth Dallara-Honda 119 Handling $37900
16. 16 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara-Honda 92 Contact $38600
17. 20 Jeff Simmons Dallara-Honda 90 Contact $35200
18. 9 A.J. Foyt IV Dallara-Honda 90 Contact $35200
19. 18 Alex Barron Dallara-Honda 86 Handling $33800
20. 5 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 53 Mechanical $32600
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 164.825 mph
Time of race: 1:48:06.8893
Margin of victory: 6.4993 seconds
Cautions: 3 caution flags for 32 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Lap leaders: Wheldon 1-51 Kanaan 52-54 Matsuura 55-57
Wheldon 58-104 Dixon 105-119 Wheldon 120-200.
Final Point Standings After Homestead-Miami * Top 10
Wheldon 53
Dixon 40
Hornish 35
Meira 32
Kanaan 30
Carpenter 28
Franchitti 26
Scheckter 24
Castroneves 22
Rice 20
1. 3 Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running $125,800
2. 2 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running $94,850
3. 1 Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 200, Running $88,750
4. 4 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running $63,000
5. 12 Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $61,300
6. 6 Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $50,200
7. 13 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $48,700
8. 10 Jeff Simmons, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $47,400
9. 5 Scott Sharp, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $47,400
10. 7 Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $45,900
11. 8 Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $44,400
12. 15 Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $43,100
13. 9 Buddy Rice, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running $41,800
14. 11 A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running $42,200
15. 18 Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running $38,900
16. 16 Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running $37,500
17. 17 Jeff Bucknum, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running $36,100
18. 14 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running $36,100
19. 19 Marty Roth, Dallara-Honda, 160, In Garage $34,600
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 194.828 mph
Time of race: 01:33:37.2662
Margin of victory: 0.1897 of a second
Cautions: 2 caution flags for 12 laps
Lead changes: 21 Lead changes among 4 drivers
Lap leaders: Dixon 1, Wheldon 2, Dixon 3-4, Wheldon 5-14,
Foyt 15-17, Wheldon 18-64, Dixon 65-68, Wheldon 69-108, Hornish 109,
Wheldon 110-114, Hornish 115-117, Dixon 118-121, Wheldon 122-151,
Hornish 152-155, Wheldon 156-166, Dixon 167-174, Wheldon 175,
Dixon 176-178, Wheldon 179, Dixon 180, Wheldon 181-200.
Final Point Standings After Homestead-Miami * Top 10
Hornish 475
Wheldon 475
Castroneves 473
Dixon 460
Meira 411
Kanaan 384
Andretti 325
Franchitti 311
Patrick 302
Scheckter 298
Miami 100 Indy Pro Series Starting Lineup * Saturday, March 24, 2007
Homestead-Miami Speedway, 1.5-mile asphalt oval
Pos Car Driver Laps/Status Money
1. 2 Alex Lloyd 57 Running $32500
2. 1 Chris Festa 57 Running $26000
3. 3 Hideki Mutoh 57 Running $20000
4. 24 Jaime Camara 57 Running $16400
5. 21 Andrew Prendeville 57 Running $15900
6. 4 Bobby Wilson 57 Running $15400
7. 10 Mike Potekhen 57 Running $14900
8. 18 Robbie Pecorari 57 Running $14400
9. 13 CR Crews 57 Running $13900
10. 19 Jay Howard 57 Running $13400
11. 16 Stephen Simpson 57 Running $12400
12. 20 Tom Wieringa 57 Running $11400
13. 17 Brad Jaeger 57 Running $10400
14. 14 Ken Losch 57 Running $10000
15. 12 Jon Brownson 57 Running $9500
16. 25 Logan Gomez 57 Running $9000
17. 15 Tom Wood 53 Running $8500
18. 8 Pablo Perez 46 Contact $8000
19. 9 Sean Guthrie 46 Contact $5000
20. 7 Shane Lewis 46 Contact $4000
21. 23 Joey Scarallo 46 Contact $3000
22. 11 Micky Gilbert 46 Contact $2000
23. 22 A.J. Russell 34 Mechanical $0
24. 5 Wade Cunningham 21 Contact $0
25. 6 Ryan Justice 21 Contact $0
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 87.918 mph
Time of race: 57:45.9637
Margin of victory: Under Caution
Cautions: 3 caution flags for 36 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers
Lap leaders: Lloyd 1-5, Cunningham 6, Lloyd 7-14,
Cunningham 15-21, Festa 22-43, Lloyd 44-57.
Final Point Standings After Homestead-Miami * Top 10
Lloyd 52
Festa 41
Mutoh 35
Camara 32
Prendeville 30
Wilson 28
Potekhen 26
Pecorari 24
Crews 22
Howard 20
XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 Event Notes:
Dan Wheldon won his first race of the season and the 12th of his IndyCar Series career.
This is the first win of the season for Target Chip Ganassi Racing and its 11th win in the IndyCar Series. The team has won three times in four years at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The win was Wheldon's third-straight win at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and marks first time in IndyCar Series history a driver has won three consecutive events at one track.
Wheldon's win combined with his win at Chicagoland to end the 2006 season was the second time a driver won the season opener after winning the season finale. Sam Hornish Jr. won the 2001 season finale at Texas and the 2002 season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Wheldon is the 13th driver to win back-to-back IndyCar Series events.
Wheldon had led 345 of 600 laps in the last three years at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Four times in the previous six years the driver to win the season-opener went on to win the series title, including Wheldon in 2005.
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