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2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge

The 2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Richmond International Raceway. It was held over 28 -June 30, 2007, as the ninth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the third of four night races on the 2007 calendar.
Classification
| Fin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pos | Car | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Led | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers | |||||||
| **27** | GBR Dario Franchitti | Andretti Green Racing | 250 | 1:24:19.6684 | 1 | 241 | **50+3** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **9** | NZL Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | +0.4194 | 3 | 0 | **40** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **10** | GBR Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | +1.3629 | 4 | 0 | **35** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **11** | BRA Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing | 250 | +2.9088 | 2 | 8 | **32** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **15** | USA Buddy Rice | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 250 | +5.9130 | 12 | 0 | **30** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **7** | USA Danica Patrick | Andretti Green Racing | 250 | +6.3619 | 8 | 0 | **28** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | RSA Tomas Scheckter | Vision Racing | 250 | +7.5597 | 10 | 0 | **26** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **8** | USA Scott Sharp | Rahal Letterman Racing | 250 | +8.5739 | 7 | 0 | **24** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **4** | BRA Vítor Meira | Panther Racing | 250 | +9.5276 | 9 | 0 | **22** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **20** | USA Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | 250 | +10.3247 | 15 | 0 | **20** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | BRA Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | 249 | +1 Lap | 6 | 1 | **19** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **26** | USA Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 249 | +1 Lap | 14 | 0 | **18** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **22** | USA A. J. Foyt IV | Vision Racing | 249 | +1 Lap | 17 | 0 | **17** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **14** | GBR Darren Manning | A.J. Foyt Racing | 249 | +1 Lap | 13 | 0 | **16** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **6** | USA Sam Hornish Jr. | Team Penske | 248 | +2 Laps | 5 | 0 | **15** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **5** | USA Sarah Fisher | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 247 | +3 Laps | 16 | 0 | **14** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **55** | JPN Kosuke Matsuura | Panther Racing | 236 | Crash | 18 | 0 | **13** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **17** | USA Jeff Simmons | Rahal Letterman Racing | 153 | Crash | 11 | 0 | **12** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| **23** | VEN Milka Duno (R) | SAMAX Motorsport | 79 | Too slow* | 19 | 0 | **12** |
Note
Milka Duno was for the second race in a row parked by race officials for failing to meet the minimum speed.
Caution Periods
There were four caution periods during the race, with a total of thirty-three laps run under yellow.
| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 1-3 | Sam Hornish Jr spun on the frontstretch |
| 61-70 | Debris in turn 2 |
| 86-98 | Tony Kanaan and Jeff Simmons crash in turn 2 |
| 100-120 | Jeff Simmons crash in turn 2 |
| 239-243 | Sam Hornish Jr and Kosuke Matsuura crash in turn 4 |
References
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