IRL: A win for Wheldon

Honda GP of St. Petersburg Results

Results Sunday of the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg IRL IndyCar Series event Apr. 3 at the 1.8-mile St. Petersburg Street Course, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money earned:

1. (9) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 100, $108,000 

2. (3) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 100, $86,500 

3. (4) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 100, $72,500 

4. (1) Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 100, $78,600 

5. (12) Vitor Meira, Panoz-Honda, 100, $53,400 

6. (11) Scott Dixon, Panoz-Toyota, 100, $47,100 

7. (17) Buddy Rice, Panoz-Honda, 100, $45,800 

8. (14) Patrick Carpentier, Dallara-Toyota, 100, $46,600 

9. (16) Darren Manning, Panoz-Toyota, 99, $44,600 

10. (13) Alex Barron, Dallara-Toyota, 99, $43,300 

11. (18) Roger Yasukawa, Dallara-Honda, 98, $41,900 

12. (15) Danica Patrick, Panoz-Honda, 95, $40,700 

13. (7) Kosuke Matsuura, Panoz-Honda, 94, Mechanical, $39,600 

14. (10) Ryan Briscoe, Panoz-Toyota, 91, Accident, $38,100 

15. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Toyota, 85, Accident, $36,900 

16. (5) Tomas Enge, Dallara-Chevrolet, 85, Accident, $35,700 

17. (8) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 77, Accident, $34,400 

18. (20) Scott Sharp, Panoz-Honda, 43, Accident, $34,400 

19. (19) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Toyota, 32, Accident, $33,100 

20. (2) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Toyota, 12, Accident, $31,900 

21. (21) A.J. Foyt IV, Panoz-Toyota, 11, Accident, $31,900 

      Race Statistics

      Winner's average speed:  83.140 mph. 

      Time of race: 2:09:54.1074    

      Margin of victory: 1.4577 secs.

      Cautions: 5 for 25 laps.

      Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers.

Lap leaders: 1-16 Herta, 17-35 Briscoe, 36-38 Manning, 39-61 Herta, 62 Wheldon, 63 Franchitti, 64-75 Briscoe, 76-79 Enge, 80-91 Briscoe, 92-100 Wheldon.

Point standings: Wheldon 134, Kanaan 110, Hornish Jr. 105, Castroneves 82, Meira 81, Franchitti, 79, Manning 74, Herta 74, Carpentier 72, Barron 61.


Related Motorsport Articles

85,965 articles