2007 Indianapolis 500 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search 91st Indianapolis 500 Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway Date May 27, 2007 Winner Dario Franchitti Average speed 151.774 Pole position Hélio Castroneves Pole speed 225.817 Fastest qualifier Hélio Castroneves Rookie of the Year Phth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and marked the fifth race of the 2007 IndyCar Series season just after the 2007 Kansas Lottery Indy 300 and just before the 2007 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225. Hélio Castroneves started the race on the pole position. The race began at 1:11 p.m. EDT[2], and was televised in the United States on the ABC network, with a one-hour pre-race show at 12 noon EDT. The race was broadcast in high-definition for the first time. The race also was carried live on the IMS Radio Network, XM Satellite Radio, and simulcast on XM Sports Nation. At lap 113, the race underwent a lengthy rain delay, but re-started shortly before 6:15 p.m. EDT. A crash on lap 162 between Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti brought out the yellow flag and, shortly thereafter, rain began falling hard again and the race was ended, still under a yellow flag, after lap 166. Dario Franchitti was declared the winner after leading 34 laps during the race. Contents [hide] 1 Schedule 2 News 3 Practice (week 1) 3.1 Sunday May 6, 2007 - A.J. Foyt Opening Day & Rookie Orientation Program 3.2 Monday May 7, 2007 - Rookie Orientation Program 3.3 Tuesday May 8, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice 3.4 Wednesday May 9, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice 3.5 Thursday May 10, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice 3.6 Friday May 11, 2007 - Fast Friday IndyCar Series practice 4 Qualifying (first weekend) 4.1 227's Indianapolis Motor Speedway- http://www.hoops227.com/utube_indianapolis_motor_speedway_race_car_results.html 
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Saturday May 12, 2007 - AAMCO Pole Day 4.2 Sunday May 13, 2007 - Second Day Qualifying 5 Practice (week 2) 5.1 Wednesday May 16, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice 5.2 Thursday May 17, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice 5.3 Friday May 18, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice 6 Qualifying (second weekend) 6.1 Saturday May 19, 2007 - Third Day Qualifying 6.2 Sunday May 20, 2007 - Bump Day Qualifying 7 Carb Day 7.1 Friday May 25, 2007 - IndyCar Series final practice 7.2 Friday May 25, 2007 - Checkers/Rally's Pit Stop Challenge 8 Qualifying Chronology 9 Starting Grid 10 Race 11 Full race results 12 Race Leaders 13 Caution Periods 14 Awards 15 See also 16 References 17 External links [edit] Schedule Date(s) Day(s) Event May 6-7 Sunday - Monday IndyCar Series Rookie Orientation May 8-11 Tuesday - Friday IndyCar Series Practice May 12 Saturday Pole Day Time Trials May 13 Sunday Second Day Time Trials May 14-15 Monday - Tuesday No track activity May 16-18 Wednesday - Friday IndyCar Series Practice May 19 Saturday Third Day Time Trials May 20 Sunday Bump Day Time Trials May 21-22 Monday - Tuesday No track activity May 23 Wednesday 500 Festival Community Day May 24 Thursday Indy Pro Series Practice and qualifying May 25 Friday Miller Lite Carb Day IndyCar Series Practice Pit Stop Challenge Indy Pro Series Freedom 100 Kid Rock concert May 26 Saturday Public Drivers' Meeting IPL 500 Festival Parade May 27 Sunday 91st Indianapolis 500-Mile Race [edit] News The pace car for the 2007 Indy 500 was a Chevrolet Corvette.[3] Patrick Dempsey was the driver.[4] Kid Rock headlined the Miller Lite Carb Day concert.[5] Other performers during the month included Daughtry, Saliva, Augustana, and Bräck (a band headed by the former Indy 500 champion).[6] Indianapolis Colts quarterback and Super Bowl XLI MVP Peyton Manning served as the grand marshal of the IPL 500 Festival Parade on May 26, and waved the green flag to start the 2007 Indy 500.[7] No testing took place prior to the start of official May activities.[8] The initial official entry list was released on April 10, 2007 featuring 69 cars, four former winners, and one rookie.[9] Davey Hamilton's 02 car marks the first time in which a car number beginning with the digit "0" has been entered in the 500. [10] ESPN on ABC announced that the race would be broadcast in HD for the first time ever. The HD broadcast was presented via Sony high-definition technology.[11] Dreyer & Reinbold Racing was fined $25,000 for the use of an illegal fuel mixture, containing 27% methanol (no methanol is allowed) in one of its cars during Pole day. Team officials claimed this was due to an inexperienced crew member using an old container of fuel and was not intentional. Indy Racing League chief administrator Brian Barnhart called this "at least plausible," noting that the presence of water in the fuel mixture supports the claim that the fuel was old. The illegal mixture was used only during practice, not for a qualification attempt.[12] It should be noted that from 1965-2005, only methanol fuel was used in the Indianapolis 500; in 2006, a 10% ethanol-90% methanol mixture had been used in the IRL in transition to the ethanol fuel used in the IRL for the 2007 season. Jim Nabors, who sang "Back Home Again in Indiana" during the pre-race festivities twenty-nine times from 1972 to 2006, missed the 2007 race due to an illness. The fans were asked to sing the song in his place.[13] [edit] Practice (week 1) [edit] Sunday May 6, 2007 - A.J. Foyt Opening Day & Rookie Orientation Program Weather: Sunny, 73° F Practice summary: The first day of practice opened with a ceremonial lap celebrating A.J. Foyt's fiftieth year of participation at Indianapolis. Practice focused on the rookie tests of Milka Duno and Phil Giebler, as well as refresher tests by five veterans. Duno completed all four phases of her rookie test, and Giebler completed two. Michael Andretti posted the fastest speed of the day, while popular Davey Hamilton made his return to the cockpit, after a devastating 2001 crash at Texas. No incidents were reported. May 6, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[14] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 39 Michael Andretti Andretti Green 219.871 2 12 Ryan Briscoe Luczo-Dragon Racing 218.216 3 02 Davey Hamilton Vision Racing 218.022 4 21 Jaques Lazier Playa Del Racing 216.467 5 23 Milka Duno (R) SAMAX Motorsports 214.128 [edit] Monday May 7, 2007 - Rookie Orientation Program Weather: Sunny, 76° F Practice summary: The second day of Rookie Orientation saw the same seven drivers from the previous day's practice without incident. Rookie Phil Giebler finished the final two phases of his rookie test. Rookie Milka Duno completed the most practice laps of the day (74), while Michael Andretti posted the fastest speed for the second day in a row. May 7, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[15] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 39 Michael Andretti Andretti Green 221.579 2 12 Ryan Briscoe Luczo-Dragon Racing 221.427 3 02 Davey Hamilton Vision Racing 220.214 4 21 Phil Giebler (R) Playa Del Racing 217.091 5 19 Jon Herb Racing Professionals 216.763 [edit] Tuesday May 8, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice Weather: Sunny, 82° F Practice summary: The first full day of practice featured veterans on the track for the first time. Dan Wheldon led the speed chart as the first driver over 225 mph (362 km/h). Jon Herb was involved in the first crash of the month, doing a half-spin at the exit of turn two and crashing in to the outside wall. Herb was not injured. May 8, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[16] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 225.074 2 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 224.996 3 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing 224.783 4 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 224.622 5 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 224.564 [edit] Wednesday May 9, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice Weather: Morning rain, afternoon clouds, 78° F Practice summary: Rain in the morning and early afternoon delayed the start of practice until 4:00 p.m. The two-hours session saw heavy action, with Dan Wheldon leading the speed chart for the second day in a row. No incidents were reported. May 9, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[17] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 226.391 2 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 225.820 3 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 224.902 4 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green 224.745 5 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 224.112 [edit] Thursday May 10, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice Weather: Partly cloudy, 86° F Practice summary: The warmest day of the week thus far saw some of the fastest laps turned so far for the month. Scott Dixon set fast lap with two minutes remaining in the session. Danica Patrick was second fastest for the day. No incidents were reported May 10, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[18] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 226.473 2 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Green 226.358 3 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 224.902 4 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing 226.161 5 12 Ryan Briscoe Luczo-Dragon Racing 225.995 [edit] Friday May 11, 2007 - Fast Friday IndyCar Series practice Weather: Partly cloudy, 85° F Practice summary: The final day of practice before pole qualifying saw Scott Dixon turn the fastest lap of the month. Rookie Milka Duno crashed in the exit of turn 1. She spun and hit the SAFER barrier hard with the rear of the car, but she was not injured. May 11, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[19] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 227.167 2 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 226.650 3 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 226.236 4 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green 226.230 5 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green 226.189 [edit] Qualifying (first weekend) Hélio Castroneves makes his pole-winning qualification run. [edit] Saturday May 12, 2007 - AAMCO Pole Day Weather: Sunny, high 82° F Qualifying summary: Pole day time trials were held under a new qualifying procedure, implemented in 2005, but not fully utilized in 2005 or 2006 due to rain delays. Only the top 11 cars would qualify on pole day, and the remaining would be "bumped" out. Each qualifying run consisted of four laps, and each car was allowed three attempts per day. Buddy Rice was the first out to qualify, but his speed ultimately did not make the top 11. During the first trip though the qualifying order, Team Penske pulled both Hélio Castroneves and Sam Hornish, Jr. out of line, and decided to attempt to qualify later in the day, when the temperatures would be cooler. After the initial qualifying runs, Dario Franchitti qualified for the provisional pole position. Later in the afternoon, both Castroneves and Hornish completed qualifying runs, but neither were unable to knock Franchitti off the pole. Hornish's first attempt would have been fast enough to take the pole, but he nearly hit the outside wall in the southchute on his second lap. Even with this error, however, Hornish's run was only 0.0327 seconds slower than Franchitti's. Almost immediately, Hornish withdrew and tried a second attempt, and again nearly took the pole, but on his final lap, his car bobbled in the northchute, and his second attempt was slower than his first. This would cost him a spot on the starting grid when Scott Dixon later withdrew his qualifying run and made another attempt, this one faster than Hornish's second attempt. With eight minutes left in qualifying, Castroneves' car was withdrawn, and he made a second attempt. After nearly four hours, Franchitti was finally knocked off the pole position. With only three minutes left, Tony Kanaan withdrew his first attempt, made the final qualifying run of the day. While his first three laps were fast enough to take the pole away from Castroneves, his last lap fell short and qualified second. This is Hélio Castroneves' second Indy 500 pole position. He also won the pole in 2003. May 12, 2007 - Pole Day Qualifying Results Rank Car No. Driver Team Qual. Speed 1 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 225.817 2 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 225.757 3 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green 225.191 4 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 225.122 5 6 Sam Hornish, Jr. Team Penske 225.109 6 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 224.641 7 12 Ryan Briscoe Luczo-Dragon Racing 224.410 8 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Green 224.076 9 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green 223.299 10 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing 222.877 11 39 Michael Andretti Andretti Green 222.789 May 12, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[20] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 226.827 2 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Green 226.058 3 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 225.968 4 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 225.920 5 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 225.917 [edit] Sunday May 13, 2007 - Second Day Qualifying Weather: Fair skies, high 74° F Qualifying summary: The second day of time trials filled positions 12-22 on the starting grid. The first hour saw heavy action, featuring strong runs from IndyCar Series regulars such as Scott Sharp (the first to qualify, and his 223.875 speed would hold up as the fastest of the day), Jeff Simmons and Darren Manning. Fan favorite Davey Hamilton also qualified with a solid speed. Later in the afternoon, Sarah Fisher became the second woman to qualify for the field. Bumping began with Marty Roth, Buddy Lazier and Jon Herb all being bumped. Herb went out later, and bumped himself back into the field, only to be bumped out a second time by Lazier. As time was running out, Jaques Lazier took to the track to try and bump himself into the top 22, and effectively bump his brother Buddy out. He was too slow and waved off the run. At the end of the day, two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser, Jr. was the most notable driver bumped for the day, and had to attempt to qualify on the second weekend. May 13, 2007 - Second Day Qualifying Results Rank Car No. Driver Team Qual. Speed 12 8 Scott Sharp Rahal Letterman 223.875 13 17 Jeff Simmons Rahal Letterman 223.693 14 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 223.495 15 14 Darren Manning A.J. Foyt Racing 223.471 16 15 Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 222.820 17 55 Kosuke Matsuura Panther Racing 222.595 18 22 A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 222.413 19 4 Vitor Meira Panther Racing 222.333 20 02 Davey Hamilton Vision Racing 222.327 21 5 Sarah Fisher Dreyer & Reinbold 221.960 22 99 Buddy Lazier Sam Schmidt Motorsports 221.380 May 13, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[21] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 8 Scott Sharp Rahal Letterman 224.214 2 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 224.106 3 17 Jeff Simmons Rahal Letterman 223.894 4 14 Darren Manning A.J. Foyt Racing 223.603 5 4 Vitor Meira Panther Racing 223.095 [edit] Practice (week 2) [edit] Wednesday May 16, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice Weather: Mostly cloudy early, clearing late, high 62° F, 18 mph (29 km/h) WNW winds Practice summary: The first day of practice for second-week deals. Only incident was a spin of Jimmy Kite's car when the gearbox casing of his PDM Racing Panoz cracked in turn 2, causing the left-rear suspension to fail. The car made moderate wall contact with the left-front corner and Kite was cleared to drive. Several teams that qualified during the first weekend tested race set ups and ran in packs, including Danica Patrick who set the fastest lap of the day. Jaques Lazier (217.159 mph) had the fastest lap among drivers who are not yet in the field. May 16, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[22] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Green 221.189 2 9T Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 220.556 3 6T Sam Hornish, Jr. Team Penske 220.484 4 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green 220.399 5 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green 220.131 [edit] Thursday May 17, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice Weather: Mostly cloudy early, clearing late, high 65° F, 16 mph (26 km/h) North winds Practice summary: The second straight day of cold and windy weather resulted in fewer than 800 total laps being turned among 23 drivers. The only incident of the day resulted when Stephan Gregoire lost control on the exit of turn 1 and backed the car into the wall in the south short chute. Only light damage was sustained to the car, but Gregoire complained of back pain and was transported to Methodist Hospital where he was diagnosed with a fracture of the third vertebra endplate. John Andretti made his first appearance in an IndyCar since 1994 and completed his refresher test. Scott Dixon turned the fastest lap of the day while drafting with teammate Dan Wheldon. Gregoire (217.851 mph) turned the fastest lap among drivers yet to qualify before his encounter with the wall. May 17, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[23] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 9T Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 219.985 2 10T Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 219.773 3 14 Darren Manning A.J. Foyt Racing 219.116 4 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing 218.230 5 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 217.995 [edit] Friday May 18, 2007 - IndyCar Series practice Weather: Sunny, high 65° F Practice summary: The final full day of practice went incident free as 31 cars took to the track. All the front runners were running in packs, learning how their cars performed in "dirty air." Sam Hornish, Jr. turned the fastest lap of the day during such a session. The non-qualified cars of John Andretti and Roger Yasukawa both turned laps over 222 mph (357 km/h) without drafting assistance as their teams trimmed their cars out to prepare for qualifying. Friday marked the last day of full practice; however, all cars will be permitted to practice on Saturday and Sunday during down periods when no cars are presenting to qualify. May 18, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[24] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 6T Sam Hornish, Jr. Team Penske 225.006 2 9T Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 224.458 3 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 224.340 4 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green 224.253 5 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green 223.668 [edit] Qualifying (second weekend) [edit] Saturday May 19, 2007 - Third Day Qualifying Weather: 72 degrees, sunny and fair skies Qualifying summary: The third day of time trials focused on positions 23-33. Rookie Milka Duno was the first car to make an attempt, and she became the third female (along with Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher) to qualify for the same race, an Indy 500 record, becoming the fifth female in Indy 500 history to start the race. Veterans Al Unser, Jr. and John Andretti qualified solidly, while second-week drivers Roger Yasukawa and Alex Barron also completed runs. In the final hour, Jon Herb finally made the field, after being bumped the weekend before, but rookie Phil Giebler crashed on his fourth and final lap. Roberto Moreno, just named to the ride Friday, along with Jimmy Kite, wrapped up the qualifying for the day. At the end of the day, the field stood with 32 qualified cars, one short of a full field. During the morning and afternoon, 32 cars made practice runs, most in preparations for race day. Since only 10 of the 11 allotted positions were filled, no bumping occurred Saturday. May 19, 2007 - Third Day Qualifying Results Rank Car No. Driver Team Qual. Speed 23 24 Roger Yasukawa Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 222.654 24 33 John Andretti Panther Racing 221.756 25 50 Al Unser, Jr. A.J. Foyt Racing 220.876 26 98 Alex Barron CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports 220.471 27 19 Jon Herb Racing Professionals 220.108 28 21 Jaques Lazier Playa Del Racing 219.409 29 23 Milka Duno SAMAX Motorsports 219.228 30 25 Marty Roth Roth Racing 218.922 31† 77 Roberto Moreno Chastain Motorsports 216.229 32†† 18 Jimmy Kite PDM Racing 214.528 †Qualification withdrawn on bump day. ††Bumped on bump day. May 19, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[25] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 10T Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 224.895 2 3T Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 224.692 3 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 224.593 4 9T Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 223.692 5 39 Michael Andretti Andretti Green 223.417 [edit] Sunday May 20, 2007 - Bump Day Qualifying Weather: Sunny and warm Qualifying summary: The field filled to 33 cars just before 3 p.m. as Richie Hearn completed a qualifying attempt. Phil Giebler recovered from his crash the previous day and was able to put his car solidly in the field, bumping Jimmy Kite. Roberto Moreno withdrew his time from the previous day and improved his average by about 4 mph (6.4 km/h), putting Marty Roth on the bubble. P. J. Jones and Jimmy Kite spent the afternoon trying to get their cars up to speed. In the final hour, both Jones and Kite were running out of miles on their Honda engines leases, and neither had made much progress. Ultimately, Jones gave up. Meanwhile, Kite decided to go out and make last ditch qualifying effort, but his speed was not nearly fast enough to bump Roth. The 6 p.m. gun sounded, and Roth held on to qualify for his third Indy 500. May 20, 2007 - Bump Day Qualifying Results Rank Car No. Driver Team Qual. Speed 31 77 Roberto Moreno Chastain Motorsports 220.299 32 91 Richie Hearn Hemelgarn Racing/Racing Professionals 219.860 33 31 Phil Giebler Playa Del Racing 219.637 May 20, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds[26] Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi 222.797 2 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi 222.779 3 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green 222.699 4 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 222.632 5 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green 222.144 [edit] Carb Day [edit] Friday May 25, 2007 - IndyCar Series final practice Weather: cloudy, humid, 82° F Practice summary: All 33 qualified cars took to the track and turned in a complete hour-long final practice without incident. Later that evening at 3:30 the Miller Lite Concert started with headline act Kid Rock. May 25, 2007 - Top Practice Speeds Rank Car No. Driver Team Best Speed 1 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 225.467 2 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green 223.807 3 39 Michael Andretti Andretti Green 223.575 4 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 223.527 5 21 Jaques Lazier Playa Del Racing 223.468 [edit] Friday May 25, 2007 - Checkers/Rally's Pit Stop Challenge Team Penske won the 31st annual pit stop contest, their record tenth overall victory in the event. The teams of Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish, Jr. (both Penske entries) met in the finals with Castroneves and his chief mechanic Rick Rinaman winning the $100,000 first prize after an 8.335-second pit stop. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Helio Castroneves (Penske) 7.6770 Scott Sharp (RLR) 8.466 Scott Sharp (RLR) stalled Scott Dixon (Ganassi) 11.650 Helio Castroneves (Penske) 8.335 Sam Hornish, Jr. (Penske) 8.888 Sam Hornish, Jr. (Penske) 8.4471 Vitor Meira (Panther) 10.095 Vitor Meira (Panther) 11.7395 Dario Franchitti (AGR) 11.773 [edit] Qualifying Chronology Pole Day - Saturday, May 12, 2007[27][28] Attempt Time Day Car No. Driver Laps Total Time Speed (mph) Result Position Rank 1 12:03 1 15 Buddy Rice 4 2:42.3336 221.766 Qualified; bumped by Michael Andretti — — 2 12:08 1 9 Scott Dixon 4 2:40.4630 224.351 Qualified; withdrawn — — 3 12:12 1 12 Ryan Briscoe 4 2:40.4208 224.410 Qualified 7 7 4 12:18 1 8 Scott Sharp 4 2:41.7994 222.498 Qualified; bumped by Marco Andretti — — 5 12:21 1 10 Dan Wheldon 4 2:40.9401 223.686 Qualified; withdrawn — — 6 12:27 1 20 Ed Carpenter 4 2:41.6630 222.685 Qualified; bumped by Castroneves — — 7 12:31 1 22 A. J. Foyt, IV 4 2:42.5527 221.467 Qualified; bumped by Scheckter — — 8 12:36 1 55 Kosuke Matsuura 4 2:42.2603 221.866 Qualified; bumped by Simmons — — 9 12:40 1 7 Danica Patrick 4 2:40.6596 224.076 Qualified 8 8 10 12:45 1 4 Vitor Meira 2 1:21.4705 220.939 Waved off — — 11 12:48 1 11 Tony Kanaan 4 2:40.2719 224.618 Qualified; withdrawn — — 12 12:53 1 27 Dario Franchitti 4 2:39.8642 225.191 Qualified 3 3 13 12:58 1 2 Tomas Scheckter 4 2:41.5238 222.877 Qualified, bumping Foyt IV 10 14 14 1:03 1 39 Michael Andretti 4 2:41.5880 222.789 Qualified, bumping Rice 11 16 15 1:07 1 17 Jeff Simmons 4 2:41.6617 222.687 Qualified, bumping Matsuura; bumped by Hornish — — 16 1:11 1 26 Marco Andretti 4 2:41.2186 223.299 Qualified, bumping Sharp 9 13 17 4:12 1 3 Hélio Castroneves 4 2:40.0088 224.988 Qualified, bumping Carpenter; withdrawn — — 18 4:36 1 6 Sam Hornish, Jr. 4 2:39.8969 225.145 Qualified, bumping Simmons; withdrawn — — 19 4:51 1 6 Sam Hornish, Jr. 4 2:39.9227 225.109 Qualified 5 5 20 5:23 1 9 Scott Dixon 4 2:39.9136 225.122 Qualified 4 4 21 5:28 1 8 Scott Sharp 4 2:41.6209 222.743 Failed to qualify — — 22 5:33 1 17 Jeff Simmons 4 2:41.8433 222.437 Failed to qualify — — 23 5:38 1 10 Dan Wheldon 4 2:40.2557 224.641 Qualified 6 6 24 5:42 1 20 Ed Carpenter 4 2:41.6871 222.652 Failed to qualify — — 25 5:48 1 14 Darren Manning 4 2:41.6844 222.656 Failed to qualify — — 26 5:52 1 3 Hélio Castroneves 4 2:39.4214 225.817 Qualified 1 1 27 5:57 1 11 Tony Kanaan 4 2:39.4634 225.757 Qualified 2 2 Sunday May 13, 2007[28][29] Attempt Time Day Car No. Driver Laps Total Time Speed (mph) Result Position Rank 28 12:02 2 8 Scott Sharp 4 2:40.8041 223.875 Qualified 12 9 29 12:07 2 55 Kosuke Matsuura 4 2:41.7290 222.595 Qualified 17 18 30 12:11 2 99 Buddy Lazier 4 2:43.3010 220.452 Qualified; bumped by Rice — — 31 12:16 2 17 Jeff Simmons 4 2:40.9352 223.693 Qualified 13 10 32 12:20 2 25 Marty Roth 4 2:43.7193 219.889 Qualified; bumped by Foyt IV — — 33 12:25 2 14 Darren Manning 4 2:41.0950 223.471 Qualified 15 12 34 12:30 2 50 Al Unser, Jr. 4 2:42.9233 220.963 Qualified; bumped by Herb — — 35 12:35 2 19 Jon Herb 4 2:43.7065 219.906 Qualified; bumped by Fisher — — 36 12:39 2 02 Davey Hamilton 4 2:41.9238 222.327 Qualified 20 21 37 1:09 2 4 Vitor Meira 4 2:41.9196 222.333 Qualified 19 20 38 1:45 2 20 Ed Carpenter 4 2:41.0777 223.495 Qualified 14 11 39 2:24 2 22 A. J. Foyt, IV 4 2:41.8607 222.413 Qualified, bumping Roth 18 19 40 3:26 2 5 Sarah Fisher 4 2:42.1914 221.960 Qualified, bumping Herb 21 22 41 3:34 2 15 Buddy Rice 4 2:41.5612 222.826 Qualified, bumping B. Lazier 16 15 42 5:29 2 19 Jon Herb 4 2:42.8440 221.070 Qualified, bumping Unser Jr.; bumped by B. Lazier — — 43 5:53 2 99 Buddy Lazier 4 2:42.6165 221.380 Qualified, bumping Herb 22 24 44 5:58 2 21 Jaques Lazier 1 0:40.8700 220.210 Waved off — — Saturday May 19, 2007[28][30] Attempt Time Day Car No. Driver Laps Total Time Speed (mph) Result Position Rank 45 12:03 3 23 Milka Duno 4 2:44.2129 219.228 Qualified 29 32 46 12:07 3 24 Roger Yasukawa 4 2:41.6855 222.654 Qualified 23 17 47 12:12 3 19 Jon Herb 3 2:02.5974 220.233 Waved off — — 48 12:25 3 25 Marty Roth 4 2:44.4421 218.922 Qualified 30 33 49 12:59 3 33 John Andretti 4 2:42.3403 221.756 Qualified 24 23 50 2:20 3 50 Al Unser Jr. 4 2:42.9871 220.876 Qualified 25 25 51 5:14 3 98 Alex Barron 4 2:43.2871 220.471 Qualified 26 26 52 5:18 3 21 Jaques Lazier 4 2:44.0774 219.409 Qualified 28 31 53 5:23 3 19 Jon Herb 4 2:43.5561 220.108 Qualified 27 28 54 5:27 3 31 Phil Giebler 3 2:01.9724 221.362 Crashed in turn 2 on 4th lap — — 55 5:44 3 77 Roberto Moreno 4 2:46.4902 216.229 Qualified; withdrawn on bump day — — 56 5:54 3 18 Jimmy Kite 4 2:47.8104 214.528 Qualified; bumped by Giebler on bump day — — Bump Day - Sunday May 20, 2007[28][31][32] Attempt Time Day Car No. Driver Laps Total Time Speed (mph) Result Position Rank 57 2:39 4 91 Richie Hearn 4 2:43.7408 219.860 Qualified 32 29 58 3:52 4 31 Phil Giebler 4 2:43.9071 219.637 Qualified, bumping Kite 33 30 59 5:01 4 77 Roberto Moreno 4 2:43.4139 220.299 Qualified 31 27 60 5:57 4 18 Jimmy Kite 1 0:41.9103 214.744 Waved off — — [edit] Starting Grid Row Inside Middle Outside 1 3 Hélio Castroneves (W) 11 Tony Kanaan 27 Dario Franchitti 2 9 Scott Dixon 6 Sam Hornish, Jr. (W) 10 Dan Wheldon (W) 3 12 Ryan Briscoe 7 Danica Patrick 26 Marco Andretti 4 2 Tomas Scheckter 39 Michael Andretti 8 Scott Sharp 5 17 Jeff Simmons 20 Ed Carpenter 14 Darren Manning 6 15 Buddy Rice (W) 55 Kosuke Matsuura 22 A. J. Foyt IV 7 4 Vitor Meira 02 Davey Hamilton 5 Sarah Fisher 8 99 Buddy Lazier (W) 24 Roger Yasukawa 33 John Andretti 9 50 Al Unser, Jr. (W) 98 Alex Barron 19 Jon Herb 10 21 Jaques Lazier 23 Milka Duno (R) 25 Marty Roth 11 77 Roberto Moreno 91 Richie Hearn 31 Phil Giebler (R) (W) = Former Indianapolis 500 winner; (R) = Indianapolis 500 rookie Failed to Qualify: #40 P. J. Jones #18 Jimmy Kite [edit] Race The field in formation entering Turn 4 en route to the green flag. Emergency crews attempting to dry the track during the red flag. Dario Franchitti leads the field back to the final restart on Lap 162. Marco Andretti's beaten car being towed after his wreck. Race-winner Dario Franchitti celebrating with teammate Tony Kanaan in the rain.Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy and rain, some patches of sunshine in the afternoon Race summary Pre-race: Rain fell overnight, but stopped before the gates opened in the morning. At 7:45 a.m., rain began to fall again, and threatened to delay or wash out the race. Around 10:00 a.m., the rain stopped and maintenance crews began to dry the track. Despite the morning showers, Speedway chairperson Mari Hulman George gave the command to start engines on time as scheduled at 1:05 p.m. EDT. Start: During the pace lap, the race nearly took a dramatic turn as pole-sitter Helio Castroneves failed to start. After several attempts, his car finally fired, and he joined the field in turn 4. A rather ragged start saw Castroneves take the lead into the first turn, but Tony Kanaan slipped by to lead lap one. Green-flag racing continued until lap 11, when John Andretti lost a rear-view mirror, bringing out a debris caution yellow flag. When racing resumed, Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, and Scott Dixon all took their turn at the lead. Three single car crashes involving Roberto Moreno, Jon Herb and Milka Duno slowed the pace of the race, and allowed the leaders to make several yellow flag pit stops. On the 74th lap, Dario Franchitti took the lead for the first time, and led until he pit on the 89th lap. Around that time, officials were warning that rain was approaching the area. After several drivers sequenced through green-flag pit stops, Tony Kanaan led Marco Andretti. Suddenly, on the 99th lap, John Andretti got high in turn two, and crashed into the outside wall, bringing out the caution. Jeff Simmons found himself unexpectedly in the lead, but pitted a lap later, giving Marco Andretti the lead. With rain only a few miles away, the ensuing lap 107 restart could decide the winner. As the green came out, Tony Kanaan got the jump on Andretti, and took the lead in turn 1. Moments later, Phil Giebler crashed, bringing the yellow out once again. Before safety crews could clear the track, heavy rain fell, and the race was red flagged. Red flag: When the race was stopped, 113 laps were completed. A race is required to go a minimum of 101 laps before it can be official. If rain continued the rest of the afternoon, it could be declared over. Andretti Green Racing was scored 1st-2nd-3rd with Kanaan leading, Marco Andretti second, and Danica Patrick third. After nearly three hours, the rain stopped and the track was dry. Shortly after 6:00 p.m., the field lined up in the pits for a restart. Restart: Tony Kanaan took over where he left off and pulled away from the field. Danica Patrick got by Marco Andretti and took over second place. Approximately 30 laps of uninterrupted intense green flag racing followed. Another sequence of green-flag pit stops saw all of the leaders head to the pits. Jaques Lazier stayed out a couple of extra laps, and led the race for the first time in his career. After the stops, Kanaan returned to the lead, followed by defending champion Sam Hornish Jr. Finish: On the 151st lap, Marty Roth crashed in turn one, and started an exciting sequence of events. The skies were darkening, and rain was fast approaching again, which would certainly end the race for good. Under the yellow, many leaders pit for tires and fuel, while some drivers, including Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon, stayed out to gain track position. On the 156th lap, the field went back to green, however, in turn four, Tony Kanaan came up on the back of Jacques Lazier, sending Lazier into the wall, and sending Kanaan's car into a spin. He blew a tire and coasted into the pits. Moments later, the field assembled for what was expected to be the final restart before the rains came. Franchitti, working lap 163, held the lead into the backstretch. Behind him, Marco Andretti tangled with Dan Wheldon, and Andretti's car flipped down the backstretch. Before the track could be cleared, a heavy rainstorm fell on the track, and the race was called after 166 laps with Dario Franchitti declared the winner. A makeshift victory lane celebration was held indoors underneath the Pagoda, as had been done for Buddy Rice who also won in the rain in 2004. [edit] Full race results Finish Start Change Car No. Driver C* Laps Time/Retired Team Points 1 3 +2 27 Dario Franchitti D 166 2:44:03.5608 Andretti Green 50 2 4 +2 9 Scott Dixon D 166 +0.3610 Target Chip Ganassi 40 3 1 -2 3 Hélio Castroneves D 166 +1.8485 Team Penske 35 4 5 +1 6 Sam Hornish Jr. D 166 +4.6324 Team Penske 32 5 7 +2 12 Ryan Briscoe D 166 +5.2109 Luczo-Dragon Racing 30 6 12 +6 8 Scott Sharp D 166 +9.3470 Rahal Letterman 28 7 10 +3 2 Tomas Scheckter D 166 +11.3823 Vision Racing 26 8 8 0 7 Danica Patrick D 166 +12.1789 Andretti Green 24 9 20 +11 02 Davey Hamilton D 166 +15.4116 Vision Racing 22 10 19 +9 4 Vitor Meira D 166 +17.6991 Panther Racing 20 11 13 +2 17 Jeff Simmons D 166 +19.7119 Rahal Letterman 19 12 2 -10 11 Tony Kanaan D 166 +21.4339 Andretti Green 18+3 13 11 -2 39 Michael Andretti D 166 +35.1235 Andretti Green 17 14 18 +4 22 A.J. Foyt IV D 165 +1 Lap Vision Racing 16 15 26 +11 98 Alex Barron D 165 +1 Lap CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports 15 16 17 +1 55 Kosuke Matsuura D 165 +1 Lap Panther Racing 14 17 14 -3 20 Ed Carpenter D 164 +1 Lap Vision Racing 13 18 21 +3 5 Sarah Fisher D 164 +2 Laps Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 12 19 22 +3 99 Buddy Lazier D 164 +2 Laps Sam Schmidt Motorsports 12 20 15 -5 14 Darren Manning D 164 +2 Laps A.J. Foyt Racing 12 21 23 +2 24 Roger Yasukawa D 164 +2 Laps Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 12 22 6 -18 10 Dan Wheldon D 163 Collision Target Chip Ganassi 12 23 32 +9 91 Richie Hearn D 163 +3 Laps Hemelgarn Racing/Racing Professionals 12 24 9 -15 26 Marco Andretti D 162 Collision Andretti Green 12 25 16 -9 15 Buddy Rice D 162 Collision Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 10 26 25 -1 50 Al Unser, Jr. D 161 +5 Laps A.J. Foyt Racing 10 27 28 +1 21 Jaques Lazier P 155 Accident Playa Del Racing 10 28 30 +2 25 Marty Roth D 148 Accident Roth Racing 10 29 33 +4 31 Phil Giebler (R) P 106 Accident Playa Del Racing 10 30 24 -6 33 John Andretti D 95 Accident Panther Racing 10 31 29 -2 23 Milka Duno (R) D 65 Accident SAMAX Motorsport 10 32 27 -5 19 Jon Herb D 51 Accident Racing Professionals 10 33 31 -2 77 Roberto Moreno P 36 Accident Chastain Motorsports 10 Race average speed: 151.774 mph (244.257 km/h) Official box score *C Chassis: D=Dallara; P=Panoz. All cars in the 2007 Indianapolis 500 used Honda engines and Firestone tires. [edit] Race Leaders Nine drivers led the race, with a total of twenty-three lead changes. [33] Laps Leader 1-2 Tony Kanaan 3 Hélio Castroneves 4-13 Tony Kanaan 14-17 Hélio Castroneves 18-26 Tony Kanaan 27-40 Hélio Castroneves 41-46 Marco Andretti 47-53 Scott Dixon 54-68 Tony Kanaan 69-71 Scott Dixon 72-73 Sam Hornish, Jr. 74-88 Dario Franchitti 89 Scott Dixon 90 Michael Andretti 91-100 Tony Kanaan 101 Jeff Simmons 102-107 Marco Andretti 108-116 Tony Kanaan 117 Marco Andretti 118-136 Tony Kanaan 137-143 Dario Franchitti 144-145 Jacques Lazier 146-154 Tony Kanaan 155-166 Dario Franchitti Driver Laps led Tony Kanaan 83 Dario Franchitti 34 Hélio Castroneves 19 Marco Andretti 13 Scott Dixon 11 Sam Hornish, Jr. 2 Jacques Lazier 2 Michael Andretti 1 Jeff Simmons 1 [edit] Caution Periods There were eleven caution periods during the race, with a total of fifty-five laps run under yellow, including the race's final lap. [33] Laps Cause 11-15 Debris in turn 1 from John Andretti 38-43 Roberto Moreno crash, turn 1 52-59 Jon Herb crash, turn 2 66-70 Milka Duno crash, turn 1 99-106 John Andretti crash, turn 2 108-111 Phil Giebler crash, turn 1 112-113 rain (red flag after lap 113) 114-115 restart 151-156 Marty Roth crash, turn 1 157-161 Tony Kanaan/Jacques Lazier crash, turn 4 163-166 Marco Andretti/Dan Wheldon/Buddy Rice/Ed Carpenter crash, backstretch [edit] Awards The Victory Celebration was held Monday May 28, 2007. [34] Some of the many awards handed out during the evening included: A record total purse of $10,668,815 Race winner Dario Franchitti won $1,645,233 Phil Giebler won the Rookie of the Year Tony Kanaan won the Scott Brayton Driver's Trophy [edit] See also Indy Racing League 2007 IndyCar Series season [edit] References ^ "Franchitti wins rain-interrupted Indy 500". Motorsport.com. 2007-05-27. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=254597. 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