2006 Indy Japan 300
Twin Ring Motegi · · NTT IndyCar Series
Race summary
| Winner | Cars | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Helio Castroneves | 20 | 6.385 |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down.
| Fin | Driver | Team | Engine | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Honda | |
| 2 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | +6.385s |
| 3 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Global | Honda | +8.616s |
| 4 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Team Penske | Honda | +9.001s |
| 5 | Buddy Rice | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | +9.749s |
| 6 | Bryan Herta | Andretti Global | Honda | +13.897s |
| 7 | Kosuke Matsuura | Fernandez Racing | Honda | +14.763s |
| 8 | Danica Patrick | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | +15.446s |
| 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | +1 lap |
| 10 | Vítor Meira | Panther Racing | Honda | +1 lap |
| 11 | Dario Franchitti | Andretti Global | Honda | +1 lap |
| 12 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Global | Honda | +1 lap |
| 13 | Tomas Scheckter | Vision Racing | Honda | +4 laps |
| 14 | Buddy Lazier | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Honda | +5 laps |
| 15 | Felipe Giaffone | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | — |
| 16 | Scott Sharp | Fernandez Racing | Honda | — |
| 17 | P.J. Chesson | Hemelgarn Racing | Honda | — |
| 18 | Jeff Simmons | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | — |
| 19 | Tomas Enge | Cheever Racing | Honda | — |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | Honda | — |