It Was a Fence Climber
Helio Castroneves had a chance to perform his fence climbing routine for the first time since October in Texas after winning the Sun Trust Indy Challenge. Castroneves led the last 100 laps and survived a one lap dash to the finish brought about by a late race crash by Roger Yasukawa and Darren Manning.
Series rookie Danica Patrick improved from her 21st starting position, by taking advantage of the many yellow flags and retirements to finish in 10th place three laps down to the leader.
Pos. Driver Name No Car Name C/E/T Laps Status
1 Helio Castroneves 3 Marlboro Team Penske D/T/F 250 Running
2 Dario Franchitti 27 ArcaEx D/H/F 250 Running
3 Patrick Carpentier 83 Red Bull Cheever Racing D/T/F 250 Running
4 Tomas Scheckter 4 Pennzoil Panther D/C/F 250 Running
5 Dan Wheldon 26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam D/H/F 250 Running
6 Alex Barron 51 Red Bull Cheever Racing D/T/F 250 Running
7 Tomas Enge 2 ROCKSTAR Panther Racing D/C/F 249 Running
8 Bryan Herta 7 XM Satellite Radio D/H/F 249 Running
9 Kosuke Matsuura 55 Panasonic ARTA P/H/F 249 Running
10 Danica Patrick 16 Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer P/H/F 247 Running
11 Buddy Rice 15 Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer P/H/F 246 Running
12 Ed Carpenter 20 Vision Racing D/T/F 246 Running
13 Jimmy Kite 91 Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing D/T/F 245 Running
14 A.J. Foyt IV 14 ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing D/T/F 244 Running
15 Darren Manning 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing P/T/F 240 Accident
16 Roger Yasukawa 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing D/H/F 235 Accident
17 Scott Sharp 8 Delphi P/H/F 201 Accident
18 Sam Hornish Jr. 6 Marlboro Team Penske D/T/F 164 Accident
19 Tony Kanaan 11 Team 7-Eleven D/H/F 150 Accident
20 Vitor Meira 17 Rahal Letterman Menards Johns Manville P/H/F 145 Accident
21 Ryan Briscoe 33 Target Chip Ganassi Racing P/T/F 88 Accident
22 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing P/T/F 37 Accident
