2006 Toyota Indy 300

File:Homestead-Miami Speedway track map--Speedway.svg

The layout of Homestead-Miami Speedway

The 2006 Toyota Indy 300 was the first round of the 2006 IndyCar Series season, held on March 26, 2006 on the Homestead-Miami Speedway and covered by ABC. The race was marred by a violent crash in the final practice session. Paul Dana was killed in the crash and teammates Danica Patrick and Buddy Rice withdrew from the race to honor his memory. He was the third driver to lose his life in the IRL. Ed Carpenter who was crashed into by Dana's car was also injured, but recovered.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Lap 1	Lap 2	Qual Time
1	Template:Flagicon	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	24.4625	24.4722	24.4625
2	Template:Flagicon	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	24.5131	24.5175	24.5131
3	Template:Flagicon	Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	24.7384	24.6589	24.6589
4	Template:Flagicon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	24.7384	24.6589	24.6589
5	Template:Flagicon	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	24.7578	24.7296	24.7296
6	Template:Flagicon	Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	24.7720	24.7600	24.7600
7	Template:Flagicon	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	24.7664	24.7731	24.7664
8	Template:Flagicon	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	24.8417	24.7725	24.7725
9	Template:Flagicon	Paul Dana	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	24.8160	24.7967	24.7967
10	Template:Flagicon	Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	24.8117	24.8574	24.8117
11	Template:Flagicon	Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	24.9775	24.8192	24.8192
12	Template:Flagicon	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	24.8567	24.8337	24.8337
13	Template:Flagicon	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	24.8692	24.8399	24.8399
14	Template:Flagicon	Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	24.8467	24.8432	24.8432
15	Template:Flagicon	Scott Sharp	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	24.9285	24.8896	24.8896
16	Template:Flagicon	Eddie Cheever Jr.	Cheever Racing	25.0998	24.9690	24.9690
17	Template:Flagicon	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	24.9813	25.0022	24.9813
18	Template:Flagicon	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24.9878	No time	24.9878
19	Template:Flagicon	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	25.0320	24.9892	24.9892
20	Template:Flagicon	P. J. Chesson	Hemelgarn Racing	25.2025	25.2439	25.2439

Race results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Lead	Points
1	10	Template:Flagicon Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	1:46:14 167.73 mph	6	8	50
2	3	Template:Flagicon Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	200	+0.015 secs	2	42	40
3	6	Template:Flagicon Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	200	Running	1	145	38
4	27	Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	200	Running	5	0	32
5	9	Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	Running	3	0	30
6	55	Template:Flagicon Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	10	3	28
7	8	Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	11	2	24
8	14	Template:Flagicon Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	198	+ 2 Laps	7	0	24
9	2	Template:Flagicon Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	9	0	22
10	51	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever Jr.	Cheever Racing	196	+ 4 Laps	12	0	20
11	11	Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	159	Crash	4	0	19
12	91	Template:Flagicon P. J. Chesson	Hemelgarn Racing	152	Accident	16	0	18
13	7	Template:Flagicon Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	140	Crash	8	0	17
14	5	Template:Flagicon Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	12	Electrical	14	0	16
15	26	Template:Flagicon Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	12	Halfshaft	13	0	15
16	4	Template:Flagicon Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	10	Engine	15	0	14
17	16	Template:Flagicon Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	0	Withdrawn	17	0	7
18	15	Template:Flagicon Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	0	Withdrawn	18	0	6
19	17	Template:Flagicon Paul Dana	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	0	Fatal Practice Crash	19	0	6
20	20	Template:Flagicon Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	0	Practice Crash	20	0	6

Caution flags

• Caution 1: Laps 10-20 (11) - Smoke: Car 4
• Caution 2: Laps 106-111 (6) - Debris: Turn 4
• Caution 3: Laps 162-168 (7) - Stall: Car 91, Contact: Car 11
• Caution 4: Laps 170-177 (8) - Contact: Car 7 in Turn 1

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results