2006 IRL IndyCar Series

Sam Hornish, Jr. - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
3/26/06 Toyota Indy 300 Presented by XM Satellite Radio Homestead 297 PO Dan Wheldon
4/2/06 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg 180 SC Helio Castroneves
4/22/06 Indy Japan 300 Motegi 304 PO Helio Castroneves
5/28/06 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Indianapolis 500 PO Sam Hornish, Jr.
6/4/06 Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix Watkins Glen 185.35 RC Scott Dixon
6/10/06 Bombardier Learjet 500 Ft. Worth 291 PO Helio Castroneves
6/24/06 SunTrust Indy Challenge Richmond 187.5 PO Sam Hornish, Jr.
7/2/06 Kansas Lottery Indy 300 Kansas 304 PO Sam Hornish, Jr.
7/15/06 Firestone Indy 200 Nashville 260 CO Scott Dixon
7/23/06 ABC Supply A. J. Foyt 225 Milwaukee 228.375 PO Tony Kanaan
7/30/06 Firestone Indy 400 MIS 400 PO Helio Castroneves
8/13/06 Meijer Indy 300 Kentucky 296 PO Sam Hornish, Jr.
8/27/06 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Sears Point 184 RC Marco Andretti
9/10/06 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Presented by Mr. Clean Joliet 304 PO Dan Wheldon

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Sam Hornish, Jr. 14 0 4 1 2 2 0   4 475
2 Dan Wheldon 14 0 2 3 2 2 0   2 475
3 Helio Castroneves 14 0 4 1 1 1 2   6 473
4 Scott Dixon 14 0 2 4 0 2 1   1 460
5 Vitor Meira 14 0 0 3 3 0 1   0 411
6 Tony Kanaan 14 0 1 0 2 1 3   0 384
7 Marco Andretti 14 0 1 1 0 1 1   0 325
8 Dario Franchitti 13 0 0 1 1 1 0   1 311
9 Danica Patrick 13 1 0 0 0 2 0   0 302
10 Tomas Scheckter 14 0 0 0 1 0 1   0 298
11 Bryan Herta 14 0 0 0 0 1 0   0 289
12 Scott Sharp 14 0 0 0 0 0 2   0 287
13 Kosuke Matsuura 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 273
14 Ed Carpenter 12 1 0 0 0 0 1   0 252
15 Buddy Rice 13 1 0 0 0 1 1   0 234
16 Jeff Simmons 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 217
17 Felipe Giaffone 8 0 0 0 0 0 1   0 142
18 Buddy Lazier 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 122
19 Eddie Cheever 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 114
20 Jeff Bucknum 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 97
21 Ryan Briscoe 4 0 0 0 1 0 0   0 83
22 P. J. Chesson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 54
23 Marty Roth 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 36
24 Michael Andretti 1 0 0 0 1 0 0   0 35
25 Sarah Fisher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 32
26 Max Papis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 16
27 A. J. Foyt IV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 16
28 Roger Yasukawa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 14
29 Jaques Lazier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 13
30 Roberto Moreno 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 12
31 Airton Daré 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 12
32 P. J. Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 12
33 Tomáš Enge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 12
34 Townsend Bell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 12
35 Al Unser, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 12
36 Arie Luyendyk, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 10
37 Stéphan Grégoire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 10
38 Larry Foyt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 10
39 Thiago Medeiros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 10
40 Paul Dana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 6
NR Jon Herb 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0

 

Debuts Farewells
Marco Andretti
P. J. Chesson
Jeff Bucknum
Eddie Cheever
Paul Dana
Airton Daré
Tomáš Enge
Bryan Herta
Felipe Giaffone
Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
Thiago Medeiros