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, meaning that for the first time in IRL history, a champion would not defend his title in the following season.

Classification

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