2007 Meijer Indy 300
The 2007 Meijer Indy 300 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Kentucky Speedway. It was held over 9 -August 11, 2007, as the fourteenth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the fourth and final night race of the season. After the checkered flag, Dario Franchitti crashed and flipped his car flipped for the second race in succession, as he mistakenly thought there was another lap left of the race, and went over the back of Kosuke Matsuura's car.
Classification[edit]
| Fin. Pos |
Car No. |
Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  Tony Kanaan
|
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | 1:38:21.7078 | 1 | 131 | 50+3 |
| 2 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 200 | +1.7457 | 4 | 4 | 40 |
| 3 | 22 |  A. J. Foyt IV
|
Vision Racing | 200 | +2.1070 | 10 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | 26 | Marco Andretti
|
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | +2.2998 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | 2 |  Tomas Scheckter
|
Vision Racing | 200 | +2.3660 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | 8 | Scott Sharp
|
Rahal Letterman Racing | 200 | +2.6491 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | 20 | Ed Carpenter
|
Vision Racing | 200 | +2.8150 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | 27 |  Dario Franchitti
|
Andretti Green Racing | 200 | +6.2839 | 2 | 52 | 24 |
| 9 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves
|
Team Penske | 199 | +1 Lap | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 4 | Vítor Meira
|
Panther Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | 55 |  Kosuke Matsuura
|
Panther Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | 15 | Buddy Rice
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 199 | +1 Lap | 16 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | 14 | Darren Manning
|
A.J. Foyt Racing | 198 | +2 Laps | 18 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 5 | Sarah Fisher
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 197 | +3 Laps | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
Rahal Letterman Racing | 183 | +17 Laps | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | 7 | Danica Patrick
|
Andretti Green Racing | 180 | Accident | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 10 | Dan Wheldon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 37 | Collision | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | 6 | Sam Hornish Jr.
|
Team Penske | 35 | Collision | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Lead changes: 11 between 4 drivers | ||||||||