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2005 Indy Japan 300

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IndyCar Series race number 4 of 17
Saturday, April 30, 2005 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan
200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:16:46
Average Speed: 133.365 mph
Pole Speed: 204.74 mph

Cautions: 8 for 59 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 2005 IndyCar Series results / 2005 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	5	26	Dan Wheldon	Klein Tools / Jim Beam (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	200	148,600	running	31	50
2	3	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi (Adrian Fernandez)	P/H/F	200	125,250	running	0	40
3	11	15	Buddy Rice	Argent / Pioneer (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)	P/H/F	200	103,250	running	0	35
4	2	16	Danica Patrick	Argent / Pioneer (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)	P/H/F	200	83,700	running	32	32
5	15	7	Bryan Herta	XM Satellite Radio (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	200	76,500	running	5	30
6	10	11	Tony Kanaan	Team 7-Eleven (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	199	67,700	running	4	28
7	1	6	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/T/F	199	75,800	running	14	26
8	12	10	Darren Manning	Target (Chip Ganassi)	P/T/F	199	64,200	running	0	24
9	9	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Panasonic ARTA (Adrian Fernandez)	P/H/F	199	64,200	running	0	22
10	6	4	Tomas Scheckter	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	198	62,400	running	47	20
11	4	3	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/T/F	198	60,500	crash	0	19
12	13	33	Ryan Briscoe	Target (Chip Ganassi)	P/T/F	197	58,900	running	0	18
13	14	83	Patrick Carpentier	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/T/F	196	57,200	running	0	17
14	19	14	A.J. Foyt IV	A.J. Foyt Enterprises (A.J. Foyt)	D/T/F	196	55,200	running	0	16
15	7	17	Vitor Meira	Menards / Johns Manville (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)	P/H/F	166	53,500	running	0	15
16	20	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing (Tony George)	D/T/F	136	51,900	crash	0	14
17	8	27	Dario Franchitti	ArcaEx (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	123	60,000	crash	67	16
18	21	24	Roger Yasukawa	Investment Properties of America (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/H/F	112	50,000	engine	0	12
19	16	51	Alex Barron	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/T/F	57	48,200	in pits	0	12
20	22	91	Paul Dana	Ethanol (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/T/F	56	46,500	suspension	0	12
21	17	9	Scott Dixon	Target (Chip Ganassi)	D/T/F	0	46,500	crash	0	12
22	18	44	Jeff Bucknum	Investment Properties of America (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/H/F	0	16,500	crash	0	12
23	23	2	Tomas Enge	Rockstar Energy Drink (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	0	46,500	did not start	0	12

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara; P - Panoz G Force
Engine: C - Chevrolet; H - Honda; T - Toyota
Tires: F - Firestone

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	11	11	#9,44 accident turn 2
	12	12	1
	13	17	5	#51 accident turn 4
	18	62	45
	63	68	6	debris
	69	70	2
	71	74	4	debris
	75	113	39
	114	121	8	#24 smoke turn 1
	122	122	1
	123	135	13	#27 accident turn 4
	136	138	3
	139	149	11	#20 accident turn 2
	150	199	50
	200	200	1	#3 accident turn 2
Percent of race run under caution: 29.5% Average green flag run: 20.1 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Danica Patrick	1	18	18
Sam Hornish, Jr.	19	32	14
Danica Patrick	33	46	14
Dario Franchitti	47	61	15
Bryan Herta	62	66	5
Dario Franchitti	67	75	9
Tony Kanaan	76	79	4
Dario Franchitti	80	122	43
Dan Wheldon	123	150	28
Tomas Scheckter	151	197	47
Dan Wheldon	198	200	3

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dan Wheldon	184
2	Tony Kanaan	138	-46
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	131	-53
4	Bryan Herta	104	-80
5	Helio Castroneves	101	-83
6	Scott Sharp	99	-85
7	Darren Manning	98	-86
8	Vitor Meira	96	-88
9	Dario Franchitti	95	-89
10	Patrick Carpentier	89	-95
11	Buddy Rice	85	-99
12	Danica Patrick	80	-104
13	Kosuke Matsuura	77	-107
14	Alex Barron	73	-111
15	Scott Dixon	72	-112
16	A.J. Foyt IV	66	-118
17	Tomas Scheckter	65	-119
18	Ryan Briscoe	61	-123
19	Roger Yasukawa	56	-128
20	Ed Carpenter	52	-132

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