2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300
The 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Chicagoland Speedway. It was held over the weekend of 7 -September 9, 2007, as the seventeenth and final round of the 2007 calendar.
Dario Franchitti secured the title after title rival Scott Dixon ran out of fuel, some 800 metres shy of the line. After this race, Franchitti moved on to the NASCAR Sprint Cup, meaning that for the first time in IRL history, a champion would not defend his title in the following season.
Classification
Fin. Pos |
Car No. |
Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Andretti Green Racing | 200 | 1:44:53.7950 | 1 | 10 | 50 |
2 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | +1.8439 | 6 | 41 | 40 |
3 | 6 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | Team Penske | 199 | +1 Lap | 2 | 90 | 35+3 |
4 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | 199 | +1 Lap | 3 | 56 | 32 |
5 | 8 | Scott Sharp | Rahal Letterman Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 8 | 0 | 30 |
6 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 4 | 0 | 28 |
7 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rahal Letterman Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 12 | 0 | 26 |
8 | 60 | Hideki Mutoh (R) | Panther Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 13 | 0 | 24 |
9 | 15 | Buddy Rice | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 19 | 0 | 22 |
10 | 22 | A. J. Foyt IV | Vision Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 18 | 0 | 20 |
11 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Green Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 7 | 0 | 19 |
12 | 5 | Sarah Fisher | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 196 | +4 Laps | 17 | 0 | 18 |
13 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 193 | Gearbox | 5 | 3 | 17 |
14 | 25 | Marty Roth | Roth Racing | 190 | +10 Laps | 21 | 0 | 16 |
15 | 23 | Milka Duno (R) | SAMAX Motorsport | 184 | +16 Laps | 22 | 0 | 15 |
16 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | 164 | +36 Laps | 14 | 0 | 14 |
17 | 55 | Kosuke Matsuura | Panther Racing | 156 | Electrical | 16 | 0 | 13 |
18 | 4 | Vitor Meira | Panther Racing | 133 | Accident | 15 | 0 | 12 |
19 | 76 | P.J. Chesson | Roth Racing | 94 | +106 Laps | 20 | 0 | 12 |
20 | 2 | Tomas Scheckter | Vision Racing | 73 | Mechanical | 9 | 0 | 12 |
21 | 14 | Darren Manning | A.J. Foyt Racing | 62 | Mechanical | 8 | 0 | 12 |
22 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 34 | Accident | 10 | 0 | 12 |
Lead changes: 14 between 5 drivers |