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.Pos CarNo. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid LapsLed Points 127 Dario FranchittiAndretti Green Racing 2501:24:19.6684124150+3 29 Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing250+0.41943040 310 Dan WheldonChip Ganassi Racing250+1.36294035 411 Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing250+2.90882832 515 Buddy RiceDreyer & Reinbold Racing250+5.913012030 67 Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing250+6.36198028 72 Tomas ScheckterVision Racing250+7.559710026 88 Scott SharpRahal Letterman Racing250+8.57397024 94 Vítor MeiraPanther Racing250+9.52769022 1020 Ed CarpenterVision Racing250+10.324715020 113 Hélio CastronevesTeam Penske249+1 Lap6119 1226 Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing249+1 Lap14018 1322 A. J. Foyt IVVision Racing249+1 Lap17017 1414 Darren ManningA.J. Foyt Racing249+1 Lap13016 156 Sam Hornish Jr.Team Penske248+2 Laps5015 165 Sarah FisherDreyer & Reinbold Racing247+3 Laps16014 1755 Kosuke MatsuuraPanther Racing236Crash18013 1817 Jeff SimmonsRahal Letterman Racing153Crash11012 1923 Milka Duno (R)SAMAX Motorsport79Too slow*19012Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
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 Cause1-3 Sam Hornish Jr spun on the frontstretch61-70 Debris in turn 286-98 Tony Kanaan and Jeff Simmons crash in turn 2100-120 Jeff Simmons crash in turn 2239-243 Sam Hornish Jr and Kosuke Matsuura crash in turn 4
References IndyCar Series