2006 Kansas Lottery Indy 300

The 2006 Kansas Lottery Indy 300 was the eighth round of the 2006 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on July 2, 2006, in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway. The race was contested over 200 laps. Sam Hornish Jr. won the race. Dan Wheldon finished 2nd, and Vítor Meira finished 3rd. Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan rounded out the top five, and Hélio Castroneves, Tomas Scheckter, Kosuke Matsuura, Marco Andretti, and Jeff Simmons rounded out the top ten.

2006 Kansas Lottery Indy 300

Race details
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Layout of the Kansas Speedway circuit
Date	July 2, 2006
Official name	Kansas Lottery Indy 300
Location	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi / 2.400 km
Distance	200 laps 300.000 mi / 482.803 km
Pole position
Driver	Dan Wheldon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	25.6257
Fastest lap
Driver	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
Time	25.9847 (on lap 200 of 200)
Podium
First	Sam Hornish Jr. (Team Penske)
Second	Dan Wheldon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Vítor Meira (Panther Racing)
Chronology
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Hornish, who celebrated his 27th birthday, passed Wheldon with two laps to go in a close duel to the finish. With his second consecutive win, Hornish took the points lead from Castroneves, who recovered from an early crash to finish 6th.^[1]

Entry list

Further information: 2006 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries

All entries drove Dallara chassis.

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team
2	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing
3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske
4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing
5	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske
7	Bryan Herta  W	Andretti Green Racing
8	Scott Sharp	Delphi Fernández Racing
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing
11	Tony Kanaan  W	Andretti Green Racing
14	Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Racing
15	Buddy Rice  W	Rahal Letterman Racing
16	Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing
17	Jeff Simmons  R	Rahal Letterman Racing
20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing
26	Marco Andretti  R	Andretti Green Racing
27	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing
51	Eddie Cheever  W	Cheever Racing
55	Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernández Racing

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held at 8:00 AM CDT on Saturday, July 1, and lasted for 90 minutes.^[2] The session was split into two groups, with 45 minutes for each group.

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	25.7194
2	6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	25.7577
3	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernández Racing	25.8263
Official first practice results

Second practice

The second practice session was held at 10:15 AM CDT on Saturday, July 1, and lasted for 90 minutes.^[2] The session was split into two groups, with 45 minutes for each group.

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	25.7001
2	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	25.7101
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	25.7234
Official second practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held at 12:45 PM CDT on Saturday, July 1.^[2] Each driver was required to run two laps in their qualifying attempt; the best of the two laps would determine their starting position.

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Lap 1	Lap 2	Final grid
1	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	25.6257	25.7094	1
2	6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	25.6453	25.6966	2
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	25.7466	25.8041	3
4	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	25.7801	25.7540	4
5	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernández Racing	25.7622	25.8461	5
6	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	25.7977	25.7936	6
7	5	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	25.9692	26.0289	7
8	2	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	26.0065	26.0349	8
9	15	Buddy Rice  W	Rahal Letterman Racing	26.0092	26.0180	9
10	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi Fernández Racing	26.0096	26.2714	10
11	26	Marco Andretti  R	Andretti Green Racing	26.0716	26.2295	11
12	16	Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing	26.1199	26.1464	12
13	11	Tony Kanaan  W	Andretti Green Racing	26.1358	26.2082	13
14	27	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	26.1398	26.1502	14
15	7	Bryan Herta  W	Andretti Green Racing	26.1789	26.2053	15
16	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	26.2284	—	16
17	17	Jeff Simmons  R	Rahal Letterman Racing	26.3173	26.2300	17
18	14	Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Racing	26.3825	26.4072	18
19	51	Eddie Cheever  W	Cheever Racing	26.4321	26.4651	19
Official qualifying results

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Practice (post-qualifying)

Final practice

The third and final practice session was held at 8:15 AM CDT on Sunday, July 2, and lasted for 30 minutes.^[3]

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	25.7892
2	6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	25.8372
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	25.8741
Official final practice results

Race

The race began at 12:15 PM CDT on Sunday, July 2.^[3]

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	200	01:49:00.3423	2	149	53
2	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+0.0793	1	45	40
3	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	200	+5.3892	6	0	35
4	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+5.5158	3	5	32
5	11	Tony Kanaan  W	Andretti Green Racing	200	+5.7762	13	0	30
6	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	200	+7.0432	4	0	28
7	2	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	200	+9.6925	8	0	26
8	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernández Racing	200	+9.9881	5	0	24
9	26	Marco Andretti  R	Andretti Green Racing	199	+1 Lap	11	0	22
10	17	Jeff Simmons  R	Rahal Letterman Racing	199	+1 Lap	17	0	20
11	16	Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing	198	+2 Laps	12	0	19
12	27	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	198	+2 Laps	14	0	18
13	7	Bryan Herta  W	Andretti Green Racing	197	+3 Laps	15	0	17
14	51	Eddie Cheever  W	Cheever Racing	196	+4 Laps	19	0	16
15	5	Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	194	+6 Laps	7	0	15
16	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	184	+16 Laps	16	0	14
17	15	Buddy Rice  W	Rahal Letterman Racing	174	Accident	9	0	13
18	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi Fernández Racing	165	Accident	10	1	12
19	14	Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Racing	66	Handling	18	0	12
Fastest lap: Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) - 25.9847 (lap 200)
Official race results

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Sam Hornish Jr. 300 1 2 Hélio Castroneves 280 (–20) 3 Scott Dixon 261 (–39) 4 Dan Wheldon 257 (–43) 5 Vítor Meira 227 (–73)

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.