2006 IndyCar Series

The 2006 IndyCar Series consisted of 14 races, held at 13 different circuits across the United States of America and 1 in Japan. Sam Hornish Jr. won the Drivers’ Championship.

2006 Races

Round	Date	Event	Circuit	Track Type	Winner	Car/Engine	Avg. Speed
1	26 March 2006	Toyota Indy 300	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	167.74
2	2 April 2006	Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	Street Circuit	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Honda	92.34
3	22 April 2006	Indy Japan 300	Twin Ring Motegi	Oval	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Honda	153.248
4	28 May 2006	90th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Honda	157.085
5	4 June 2006	Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix Presented by Tissot	Watkins Glen International	Road Course	Scott Dixon	Panoz/Honda	92.418
6	10 June 2006	Bombardier Learjet 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Oval	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Honda	185.71
7	24 June 2006	SunTrust Indy	Richmond Raceway	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Honda	129.572
8	2 July 2006	Kansas Lottery 300	Kansas Speedway	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Honda	167.331
9	15 July 2006	Firestone Indy 200	Nashville Superspeedway	Oval	Scott Dixon	Dallara/Honda	161.205
10	23 July 2006	ABC Supply Company/A.J. Foyt 225	The Milwaukee Mile	Oval	Tony Kanaan	Dallara/Honda	133.513
11	30 July 2006	Firestone Indy 400	Michigan International Speedway	Oval	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Honda	193.972
12	13 August 2006	Meijer Indy 300 Presented by Coca-Cola and Secret	Kentucky Speedway	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Honda	170.676
13	27 August 2006	Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma	Sonoma Raceway	Road Course	Marco Andretti	Dallara/Honda	93.486
14	10 September 2006	Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Presented by Mr. Clean	Chicagoland Speedway	Oval	Dan Wheldon	Dallara/Honda	194.828

2006 Driver Standings

Pos.	Driver	MIA	STP	JPN	IND	WGI	TEX	RICH	KAN	NAS	MIL	MIS	KEN	SON	CHI	Points
1	Sam Hornish Jr.	38	24	32	50	18	32	53	53	16	40	12	50	22	35	475
2	Dan Wheldon	50	14	40	35	18	38	22	40	43	24	35	35	28	53	475
3	Helio Castroneves	40	53	53	10	26	50	20	28	30	16	50	35	30	32	473
4	Scott Dixon	30	40	22	28	50	40	19	32	50	20	14	40	35	40	460
5	Vitor Meira	14	30	20	20	40	28	40	35	35	15	43	28	35	28	411
6	Tony Kanaan	19	35	35	30	19	26	12	30	18	53	32	30	19	26	384
7	Marco Andretti	15	15	18	40	14	16	32	22	24	30	24	13	50	12	325
8	Dario Franchitti	32	12	19	26	16	17	35	18	28	28	18	22	40	0	311
9	Danica Patrick	7	28	24	24	24	18	15	19	32	32	13	24	24	18	302
10	Tomas Scheckter	22	18	17	10	20	20	26	26	15	35	30	26	13	20	298
11	Bryan Herta	17	32	28	12	17	19	28	17	19	26	19	20	20	15	289
12	Scott Sharp	26	20	14	22	22	30	30	12	13	18	28	14	16	22	287
13	Kosuke Matsuura	28	26	26	15	12	24	18	24	17	13	22	12	17	19	273
14	Ed Carpenter	6	0	12	19	28	22	24	14	20	14	26	19	18	30	252
15	Buddy Rice	6	17	30	10	32	12	17	13	14	19	17	15	15	17	234
16	Jeff Simmons	0	0	12	12	12	15	12	20	26	22	20	16	26	24	217
17	Felipe Giaffone	24	22	15	12	30	14	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	142
18	Buddy Lazier	16	16	16	18	0	12	14	15	0	0	15	0	0	0	122
19	Eddie Cheever Jr.	20	19	0	17	13	13	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	114
20	Jeff Bucknum	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	12	17	16	17	12	13	97
21	Ryan Briscoe	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	22	12	0	0	14	0	83
22	P.J. Chesson	18	13	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54
23	Marty Roth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	0	12	36
24	Michael Andretti	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
25	Sarah Fisher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	14	32
26	A.J. Foyt IV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	16
27	Max Papis	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
28	Roger Yasukawa	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
29	Jaques Lazier	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
30	Townsend Bell	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
31	Airton Dare	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
32	Tomas Enge	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
33	P.J. Jones	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
34	Roberto Moreno	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
35	Al Unser Jr.	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
36	Larry Foyt	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
37	Stephan Gregoire	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
38	Arie Luyendyk Jr.	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
39	Thiago Medeiros	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
40	Paul Dana	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

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