2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300

The 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Chicagoland Speedway. It was held over the weekend of 7 -September 9, 2007, as the seventeenth and final round of the 2007 calendar.

Dario Franchitti secured the title after title rival Scott Dixon ran out of fuel, some 800 metres shy of the line. After this race, Franchitti moved on to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, meaning that for the first time in IRL history, a champion would not defend his title in the following season. Franchitti returned to IndyCar in 2009.

Another notable farewell was 2006 Indy 500 winner & three time Indy Racing League champion Sam Hornish, Jr. as he would also move in 2008 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Team Penske. Unlike Franchitti, Hornish never came back to IndyCar since then.

Classification

Fin.
Pos
Car
No.
DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridLaps
Led
Points
1 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing 200 1:44:53.7950 1 10 50
2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +1.8439 6 41 40
3 6 Sam Hornish, Jr. Team Penske 199 +1 Lap 2 90 35+3
4 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 199 +1 Lap 3 56 32
5 8 Scott Sharp Rahal Letterman Racing 199 +1 Lap 8 0 30
6 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 199 +1 Lap 4 0 28
7 17 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman Racing 198 +2 Laps 12 0 26
8 60 Hideki Mutoh (R) Panther Racing 198 +2 Laps 13 0 24
9 15 Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 198 +2 Laps 19 0 22
10 22 A. J. Foyt IV Vision Racing 198 +2 Laps 18 0 20
11 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 198 +2 Laps 7 0 19
12 5 Sarah Fisher Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 196 +4 Laps 17 0 18
13 10 Dan Wheldon Chip Ganassi Racing 193 Gearbox 5 3 17
14 25 Marty Roth Roth Racing 190 +10 Laps 21 0 16
15 23 Milka Duno (R) SAMAX Motorsport 184 +16 Laps 22 0 15
16 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 164 +36 Laps 14 0 14
17 55 Kosuke Matsuura Panther Racing 156 Electrical 16 0 13
18 4 Vítor Meira Panther Racing 133 Accident 15 0 12
19 76 P.J. Chesson Roth Racing 94 +106 Laps 20 0 12
20 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing 73 Mechanical 9 0 12
21 14 Darren Manning A.J. Foyt Racing 62 Mechanical 8 0 12
22 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 34 Accident 10 0 12
Lead changes: 14 between 5 drivers

References

Preceded by
2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix
IRL IndyCar Series
round 17

2007
Succeeded by
2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300
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