2006 Toyota Indy 300


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

PosNatNameTeamLap 1Lap 2Qual Time
1Sam Hornish Jr.Team Penske24.462524.472224.4625
2Hélio CastronevesTeam Penske24.513124.517524.5131
3Danica PatrickRahal Letterman Racing Team24.738424.658924.6589
4Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing24.738424.658924.6589
5Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing24.757824.729624.7296
6Buddy RiceRahal Letterman Racing Team24.772024.760024.7600
7Dario FranchittiAndretti Green Racing24.766424.773124.7664
8Dan WheldonChip Ganassi Racing24.841724.772524.7725
9Paul DanaRahal Letterman Racing Team24.816024.796724.7967
10Felipe GiaffoneA. J. Foyt Enterprises24.811724.857424.8117
11Bryan HertaAndretti Green Racing24.977524.819224.8192
12Tomas ScheckterVision Racing24.856724.833724.8337
13Ed CarpenterVision Racing24.869224.839924.8399
14Kosuke MatsuuraSuper Aguri Fernandez Racing24.846724.843224.8432
15Scott SharpSuper Aguri Fernandez Racing24.928524.889624.8896
16Eddie Cheever Jr.Cheever Racing25.099824.969024.9690
17Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing24.981325.002224.9813
18Buddy LazierDreyer & Reinbold Racing24.9878No time24.9878
19Vítor MeiraPanther Racing25.032024.989224.9892
20P. J. ChessonHemelgarn Racing25.202525.243925.2439

Race results

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