2007 Firestone Indy 400

The layout of Michigan International Speedway

The 2007 Firestone Indy 400 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Michigan International Speedway. It was held over the weekend of August 3–5, 2007, as the thirteenth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the last race, for the time being, for the IndyCar Series at the track. The race was also notable in that only seven cars were running at the finish, after a massive accident on lap 144 of the race which included Dario Franchitti flipping upside-down after hitting Dan Wheldon. Franchitti would walk away unharmed.

Classification[]

Fin. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	200	2:49:38.0509	8	29	50
2	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	200	+0.0595	13	12	40
3	8	Scott Sharp	Rahal Letterman Racing	200	+0.3867	4	11	35
4	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Panther Racing	200	+0.4703	14	0	32
5	15	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	200	+4.9097	17	0	30
6	17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	200	+10.0114	12	0	28
7	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	199	+1 Lap	9	5	26
8	22	A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	167	Mechanical	15	0	24
9	6	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Team Penske	148	Mechanical	2	1	22
10	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	145	Handling	7	14	20
11	2	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	144	Collision	6	2	19
12	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	143	Collision	5	24	18
13	27	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	143	Collision	1	102	17+3
14	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	143	Collision	10	0	16
15	14	Darren Manning	A.J. Foyt Racing	113	Accident	18	0	15
16	5	Sarah Fisher	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	83	Accident	16	0	14
17	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	58	Collision	3	0	13
18	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	58	Collision	11	0	12
19	23	Milka Duno (R)	SAMAX Motorsport	43	Mechanical	19	0	12
20	19	Jon Herb	Racing Professionals	26	Accident	20	0	12
Lead changes: 23 between 9 drivers

References[]

• IndyCar Series