2011 Kentucky Indy 300
Second | Dario Franchitti (Downy/Chip Ganassi) |
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Third | Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 2011
This would ultimately be the last classified race of Dan Wheldon's career. In the following race, Wheldon would be involved in a 15-car accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which would claim his life. The race was abandoned, and therefore was not classified as an official race. Buddy Rice and Vítor Meira were also in this and the next race, after which they made no more IndyCar starts, making this the final classified race of their careers as well. This was also the final classified race for the Newman/Haas Racing.
Grid
Dan Wheldon, whose only race to date in the 2011 IndyCar series had been
Row | Inside | Outside | ||
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1 | 12 | ![]() |
38 | ![]() |
2 | 06 | ![]() |
67 | Ed Carpenter
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3 | 4 | ![]() |
26 | ![]() |
4 | 9 | ![]() |
28 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | ![]() |
83 | ![]() |
6 | 10 | ![]() |
27 | ![]() |
7 | 78 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
8 | 17 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
9 | 44 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
10 | 82 | ![]() |
24 | ![]() |
11 | 14 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
12 | 59 | ![]() |
19 | ![]() |
13 | 34 | ![]() |
22 | ![]() |
14 | 18 | ![]() |
77 | ![]() |
15 | 30 | ![]() |
† Did not qualify.
Results
Pos[2] | Name | Laps | Start (Moves) |
1 | Ed Carpenter 67 | 200 | 4 (+3) |
2 | Dario Franchitti 10 | 200 | 11 (+9) |
3 | Scott Dixon 9 | 200 | 7 (+4) |
4 | (R) James Hinchcliffe 06 | 200 | 3 (-1) |
5 | Ryan Hunter-Reay 28 | 200 | 8 (+3) |
6 | Oriol Servia 2 | 200 | 9 (-3) |
7 | (R) Wade Cunningham 17 | 200 | 15 (+8) |
8 | Ryan Briscoe 6 | 200 | 18 (+10) |
9 | Buddy Rice 44 | 200 | 17 (+8) |
10 | Danica Patrick 7 | 200 | 14 (+4) |
11 | Townsend Bell 22 | 200 | 26 (+15) |
12 | Graham Rahal 38 | 200 | 2 (-10) |
13 | (R) Charlie Kimball 83 | 200 | 10 (-3) |
14 | Dan Wheldon 77 | 200 | 28 (+13) |
15 | Takuma Sato 5 | 200 | 22 (+7) |
16 | Vítor Meira 14 | 200 | 21 (+5) |
17 | Tony Kanaan 82 | 200 | 19 (+2) |
18 | Mike Conway 27 | 200 | 13 (-5) |
19 | Will Power 12 | 200 | 1 (-18) |
20 | (R) JR Hildebrand 4 | 199 | 5 (-15) |
21 | (R) James Jakes 18 | 198 | 27 (+6) |
22 | Pippa Mann 30 | 197 | 29 (+7) |
23 | EJ Viso 59 | 192 | 23 (0) |
24 | (R) Ana Beatriz 24 | Ret | 20 (-4) |
25 | Simona De Silvestro 78 | Ret | 13 (-18) |
26 | Alex Lloyd 19 | Ret | 24 (-2) |
27 | Marco Andretti 26 | Ret | 6 (-21) |
28 | (R) Dillon Battistini 34 | Ret | 25 (-3) |
29 | Hélio Castroneves 3 | Ret | 16 (-13) |
Italics indicates the pole sitter
Bold indicates the podium
References
- ^ "This Week's Racing". Courier-Post. 2011-09-30. 4D. Retrieved 2018-08-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series - Kentucky Indy 300 [Full race], retrieved 2022-05-30