2006 Indy Car Series Season - Final Driver Standings

Final Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI	Pts
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	3*	8	4	1	12	4	1*	1*	14	2	19	1	9	3	475
2	Dan Wheldon	1	16	2	4*	15*	3*	9	2	2*	8	3	4*	6	1*	475
3	Hélio Castroneves	2	1*	1*	25	7	1	10	6	5	14	1	3	5	4	473
4	Scott Dixon	5	2	9	6	1	2	11	4	1	10	16	2	4*	2	460
5	Vitor Meira	16	5	10	10	2	6	2	3	3	15	2*	6	3	6	411
6	Tony Kanaan	11	3	3	5	11	7	18	5	12	1*	4	5	11	7	384
7	Marco Andretti	15	15	12	2	16	14	4	9	8	5	8	17	1	18	325
8	Dario Franchitti	4	19	11	7	14	13	3	12	6	6	12	9	2		311
9	Danica Patrick	DNS	6	8	8	8	12	15	11	4	4	17	8	8	12	302
10	Tomas Scheckter	9	12	13	27	10	10	7	7	15	3	5	7	17	10	298
11	Bryan Herta	13	4	6	20	13	11	6	13	11	7	11	10	10	15	289
12	Scott Sharp	7	10	16	9	9	5	5	18	17	12	6	16	14	9	287
13	Kosuke Matsuura	6	7	7	15	18	8	12	8	13	17	9	19	13	11	273
14	Ed Carpenter	DNS		20	11	6	9	8	16	10	16	7	11	12	5	252
15	Buddy Rice	DNS	13	5	26	4	18	13	17	16	11	13	15	15	13	234
16	Jeff Simmons			18	23	19	15	19	10	7	9	10	14	7	8	217
17	Felipe Giaffone	8	9	15	21	5	16	17	19							142
18	Buddy Lazier	14	14	14	12		19	16	15			15				122
19	Eddie Cheever	10	11		13	17	17	14	14							114
20	Jeff Bucknum				32					18	13	14	13	18	17	97
21	Ryan Briscoe					3				9	18			16		83
22	P. J. Chesson	12	17	17	33											54
23	Marty Roth				DNQ							18	18		19	36
24	Michael Andretti				3											35
25	Sarah Fisher												12		16	32
26	A. J. Foyt IV														14	16
27	Max Papis				14											16
28	Roger Yasukawa				16											14
29	Jaques Lazier				17											13
30	Roberto Moreno		18													12
31	Airton Daré				18											12
32	Tomáš Enge			19												12
33	P. J. Jones				19											12
34	Townsend Bell				22											12
35	Al Unser, Jr.				24											12
36	Arie Luyendyk, Jr.				28											10
37	Stéphan Grégoire				29											10
38	Larry Foyt				30											10
39	Thiago Medeiros				31											10
40	Paul Dana	DNS														6
Pos	Driver	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI	Pts

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th-10th place
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps (3 points)
DNS	Any driver who qualifies but does not start (DNS), earns half the points had they taken part.
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

In every race, points are awarded to drivers on the following basis:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Points	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

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