2006 Indy Pro Series season

The 2006 Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series started the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 26th and finished September 9th at Chicagoland Speedway.

Contents 1 Race Summaries 1.1 Miami 100 1.2 Streets of St. Petersburg 1 1.3 Streets of St. Petersburg 2 1.4 Freedom 100 1.5 Corning 100 1.6 Liberty Challenge 1.7 Sun Belt Rentals 100 1.8 Milwaukee 100 1.9 Kentucky 100 1.10 Carneros 100 1.11 Valley of the Moon 100 1.12 Chicagoland 100 2 Final standings

Race Summaries

Miami 100

• Date: March 26
• Location: Homestead-Miami Speedway
• Time of Race: 36 Minutes 41 Second
• Average Speed: 162.712 mph (261.860 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 0.0199 of a Second
• Pole Winner: Jay Howard 186.589 mph (300.286 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Jeff Simmons
2. Nick Bussell
3. Jay Howard
4. Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
5. Bobby Wilson

Streets of St. Petersburg 1

• Date: April 1
• Location: Streets of St. Petersburg
• Time of Race: 52 Minutes
• Average Speed: 83.055 mph (133.664 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 0.5075 of a sec.
• Pole Winner: Raphael Matos 95.513 mph (153.713 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Raphael Matos
2. Jeff Simmons
3. Jay Howard
4. Nick Bussell
5. Jonathan Klein

Streets of St. Petersburg 2

• Date: April 2
• Location: Streets of St. Petersburg
• Time of Race: 50 Minutes 32 Seconds
• Average Speed: 85.316 mph (137.303 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 5.7206 Seconds
• Pole Winner: Chris Festa

Top 5 Results

1. Raphael Matos
2. Jay Howard
3. Alex Lloyd
4. Jeff Simmons
5. Jonathan Klein

Freedom 100

• Date: May 26
• Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Time of Race: 32 Minutes 29 Seconds
• Average Speed: 184.679 mph (297.212 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 0.6889 of a sec.
• Pole Winner: Wade Cunningham 186.423 mph (300.019 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Wade Cunningham
2. Jay Howard
3. Jaime Camara
4. Chris Festa
5. Alex Lloyd

Corning 100

• Date: June 4
• Location: Watkins Glen International
• Time of Race: 1 Hour, 10 Minutes, 23 Seconds
• Average Speed: 77.555 mph (124.813 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 3.2795 seconds
• Pole Winner: Bobby Wilson 107.135 mph (172.417 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Bobby Wilson
2. Wade Cunningham
3. Phil Giebler
4. Jaime Camara
5. Jonathan Klein

Liberty Challenge

• Date: July 1
• Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Time of Race: 35 Minutes 53 Seconds
• Average Speed: 100.159 mph (161.190 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 0.666 of a Second
• Pole Winner: Graham Rahal 109.580 mph (176.352 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Alex Lloyd
2. Graham Rahal
3. Jonathan Klein
4. Raphael Matos
5. Nick Bussell

Sun Belt Rentals 100

• Date: July 15
• Location: Nashville Superspeedway
• Time of Race: 39 Minutes 57 Seconds
• Average Speed: 150.332 mph (241.936 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 2.3705 Seconds
• Pole Winner: Wade Cunningham 180.459 mph (290.421 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Jay Howard
2. Jamie Camara
3. Jonathan Klein
4. Tom Wood
5. Wade Cunningham

Milwaukee 100

• Date: July 22
• Location: The Milwaukee Mile
• Time of Race: 46 Minutes 28 Seconds
• Average Speed: 131.060 mph (210.921 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 0.6614 of a Second
• Pole Winner: Wade Cunningham 147.783 mph (237.834 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Jamie Camara
2. Wade Cunningham
3. Jonathan Klein
4. Bobby Wilson
5. Nick Bussell

Kentucky 100

• Date: August 13
• Location: Kentucky Speedway
• Time of Race: 37 Minutes 57 Seconds
• Average Speed: 156.752 mph (252.268 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 0.0190 of a Second
• Pole Winner: Jonathan Klein 189.392 mph (304.797 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Jay Howard
2. Jonathan Klein
3. Wade Cunningham
4. Travis Gregg
5. Sean Guthrie

Carneros 100

• Date: August 26
• Location: Infineon Raceway
• Time of Race: 48 Minutes 32 Seconds
• Average Speed: 85.278 mph (137.242 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 0.6108 of a Second
• Pole Winner: Wade Cunningham 99.840 mph (160.677 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Wade Cunningham
2. Alex Lloyd
3. Nick Bussell
4. Jonathan Klein
5. Bobby Wilson

Valley of the Moon 100

• Date: August 27
• Location: Infineon Raceway
• Time of Race: 49 Minutes 3 Seconds
• Average Speed: 84.383 mph (135.801 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 6.2400 Seconds
• Pole Winner: Mike Potekhen

Top 5 Results

1. Alex Lloyd
2. Bobby Wilson
3. Jonathan Klein
4. Wade Cunningham
5. Jay Howard

Chicagoland 100

• Date: September 9
• Location: Chicagoland Speedway
• Time of Race: 49 Minutes 9 Seconds
• Average Speed: 124.305 mph (200.050 km/h)
• Margin of Victory: 0.6097 of a Second
• Pole Winner: Jay Howard 188.774 mph (303.802 km/h)

Top 5 Results

1. Wade Cunningham
2. Jonathan Klein
3. Jay Howard
4. Alex Lloyd
5. Chris Festa

Final standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Jay Howard	390
2	Jonathan Klein	386
3	Wade Cunningham	379
4	Bobby Wilson	343
5	Nick Bussell	319
6	Jaime Camara	298
7	Alex Lloyd	294
8	Chris Festa	205
9	Brett Van Blankers	179
10	Raphael Matos	154
11	Jon Herb	126
12	Jeff Simmons	122
13	Mike Potekhen	121
14	Tom Wood	116
15	Arie Luyendyk Jr.	105
	Matthew Hamilton	105
17	Geoff Dodge	104
18	Sean Guthrie	99
19	C.R. Crews	86
20	Scott Mansell	77
21	Phil Giebler	75
22	Racer Kashima	72
23	Travis Gregg	67
24	Marty Roth	56
25	P.J. Abbott	54
26	Ryan Justice	48
	Mishael Abbott	48
28	Graham Rahal	43
29	Ben Petter	42
	Micky Gilbert	42
31	Daniel Gaunt	38
32	Tom Wieringa	33
33	Rocco DeSimone	31
34	Thiago Medeiros	28
35	Michael Crawford	20
	Logan Gomez	20
37	Veronica McCann	19
	James Chesson	19
39	Eric Paradis	18
40	Akihira Okamoto	16
41	Tyce Carlson	15

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