2006 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

The 2006 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2006 IndyCar Series season, held on April 2, 2006 on the Streets of St. Petersburg city track and covered by ESPN. Dario Franchitti won the pole, but was knocked out early due to mechanical failure. The race finished under the yellow flag after Tomas Scheckter and Buddy Rice hit the barrier with 4 laps to go.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual Time	Best Lap	Laps
1		Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.2753	5	6
2		Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:02.5951	4	7
3		Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.6127	7	11
4		Sam Hornish Jr.	Marlboro Team Penske	1:02.6758	3	5
5		Hélio Castroneves	Marlboro Team Penske	1:02.7482	4	8
6		Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.8774	6	7
7		Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	1:03.5648	1	1
8		Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	1:03.7143	1	1
9		Kosuke Matsuura	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	1:03.8033	1	1
10		Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	1:03.8853	1	1
11		Roberto Moreno	Vision Racing	1:03.9455	1	1
12		Vitor Meira	Panther Racing	1:04.0206	1	1
13		Dan Wheldon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:04.0267	1	1
14		Danica Patrick	Rahal Letterman Racing Team	1:04.4436	1	1
15		Scott Sharp	Super Aguri Fernandez Racing	1:04.8588	1	1
16		Felipe Giaffone	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:05.3845	1	1
17		Eddie Cheever Jr.	Cheever Racing	1:05.5475	1	1
18		Buddy Lazier	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:06.2425	1	1
19		P. J. Chesson	Hemelgarn Racing	1:08.8266	1	1

Caution flags

• Caution 1: Laps 53-59 (7) - Spin: Car 91 in Turn 10
• Caution 2: Laps 97-100 (4) - Contact: Cars 2 and 15 in Turn 4

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results