Japan
Race Date Sunday, April 21, 2007
Pos Car Driver Chassis-Engine Laps Status Money
1. 3 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 200 Running $180,400
2. 2 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 200 Running $157,500
3. 7 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 200 Running $122,700
4. 6 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 200 Running $100,200
5. 5 Sam Hornish Jr. Dallara-Honda 199 Running $89,100
6. 12 Scott Sharp Dallara-Honda 199 Running $77,900
7. 1 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Honda 199 Running $85,500
8. 17 Jeff Simmons Dallara-Honda 199 Running $73,400
9. 8 Tomas Scheckter Dallara-Honda 199 Running $75,400
10. 11 Buddy Rice Dallara-Honda 199 Running $71,100
11. 4 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 198 Running $68,800
12. 18 Darren Manning Dallara-Honda 198 Running $66,700
13. 14 A.J. Foyt IV Dallara-Honda 197 Running $64,600
14. 15 Sarah Fisher Dallara-Honda 197 Running $62,000
15. 16 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 192 Running $59,900
16. 10 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 134 Contact $57,800
17. 13 Vitor Meira Dallara-Honda 50 Handling $55,500
18. 9 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara-Honda 0 Contact $55,500
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 162.295 mph
Time of race: 1:52:23.2574
Margin of victory: 0.4828 of a second
Cautions: 3 caution flags for 30 laps
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-43, Wheldon 44-83, Kanaan 84-86,
Wheldon 87-121, Kanaan 122-134, Wheldon 135-185, Kanaan 186-190,
Hornish 191-193, Dixon 194-195, Kanaan 196-200.
Final Point Standings After Indy Japan 300 * Top 10
Wheldon 118
Kanaan 115
Dixon 112
Castroneves 101
Franchitti 91
Hornish 91
Scheckter 74
Sharp 65
Rice 60
Meira 59
Indy Japan 300 Event Notes:
This is Tony Kanaan's eighth career IndyCar Series victory and his first win of the season. He ties Buddy Lazier for fourth on the IndyCar Series' all-time victories list.
This is Andretti Green Racing's first win of the season and its 24th win in the IndyCar Series - tying Team Penske for most wins by any team.
Dan Wheldon finished second, his second top-five of the season and third consecutive top-10 finish.
Dario Franchitti finished third, his third consecutive top-10 finish and second consecutive top-five finish.
Scott Sharp finished sixth, his best finish of the season and best finish since he finished fifth at Richmond in 2006.
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