Tony Kanaan not only had one of the fastest IndyCars at the Honda-owned Twin Ring Motegi circuit, it also was the most fuel-efficient and that combination proved impossible to beat as the Andretti Green Racing driver and 2004 series champion claimed his first victory of 2007 at the Bridgestone Indy Japan 300.
It was yet another successful race weekend for the new 3.5-liter Honda HI7R IndyCar Series engine, which races on 100 per cent fuel-grade ethanol in all IndyCar Series events in 2007. The 18 drivers and teams competing at Motegi completed 5,691 laps of practice, qualifying and racing this weekend – a total of 8,536.5 miles –without a single engine-related failure once again.
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