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2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge

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The layout of Richmond International Raceway

The 2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Richmond International Raceway. It was held over 28 -June 30, 2007, as the ninth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the third of four night races on the 2007 calendar.

Classification

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Fin.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps
Led
Points
1 27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing 250 1:24:19.6684 1 241 50+3
2 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 250 +0.4194 3 0 40
3 10 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing 250 +1.3629 4 0 35
4 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 250 +2.9088 2 8 32
5 15 United States Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 250 +5.9130 12 0 30
6 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 250 +6.3619 8 0 28
7 2 South Africa Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing 250 +7.5597 10 0 26
8 8 United States Scott Sharp Rahal Letterman Racing 250 +8.5739 7 0 24
9 4 Brazil Vítor Meira Panther Racing 250 +9.5276 9 0 22
10 20 United States Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 250 +10.3247 15 0 20
11 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 249 +1 Lap 6 1 19
12 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 249 +1 Lap 14 0 18
13 22 United States A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 249 +1 Lap 17 0 17
14 14 United Kingdom Darren Manning A.J. Foyt Racing 249 +1 Lap 13 0 16
15 6 United States Sam Hornish Jr. Team Penske 248 +2 Laps 5 0 15
16 5 United States Sarah Fisher Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 247 +3 Laps 16 0 14
17 55 Japan Kosuke Matsuura Panther Racing 236 Crash 18 0 13
18 17 United States Jeff Simmons Rahal Letterman Racing 153 Crash 11 0 12
19 23 Venezuela Milka Duno (R) SAMAX Motorsport 79 Too slow* 19 0 12
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers

Note

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Milka Duno was for the second race in a row parked by race officials for failing to meet the minimum speed.

Caution Periods

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There were four caution periods during the race, with a total of thirty-three laps run under yellow.

Laps Cause
1-3 Sam Hornish Jr spun on the frontstretch
61-70 Debris in turn 2
86-98 Tony Kanaan and Jeff Simmons crash in turn 2
100-120 Jeff Simmons crash in turn 2
239-243 Sam Hornish Jr and Kosuke Matsuura crash in turn 4

References

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Preceded by IRL IndyCar Series
round 9

2007
Succeeded by