Wheldon finished the race in second place followed by Kanaan’s AGR teammate Dario Franchitti in third. Scott Dixon and Sam Hornish Jr. rounded out the top five.
Next up on the IndyCar Series schedule is the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 on Sunday, April 29. ESPN2 will provide live broadcast coverage of the 200-lap event beginning at 4:30 p. m. (EDT). The race can also be heard live on XM Satellite Radio, XM channel 145, the exclusive home of the IndyCar Series.
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
“I’m very happy and it feels good to bring the Team 7-Eleven car to victory lane because Dan (Wheldon) was really, really strong. It was fun to have a battle with a friend. It’s great to fight clean the way we did throughout the entire race. We passed each other with no problems at all. The Team 7-Eleven crew did a great job today and I’m happy for everyone at Andretti Green Racing. “
Eric Cowdin, Race Engineer, #11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
“This is a great win for Andretti Green Racing. TK drove a great race and the guys in the pits gave him flawless stops each time. We were getting reasonably good fuel mileage compared to the other guys so we were going the longest on fuel among the front runners. We thought Dan (Wheldon) had short fueled so we thought he’d have to stop before us. Once Dan stopped, it was a matter of TK pushing the Team 7-Eleven car to get enough of a gap that we could stop and take less fuel so TK spent less time sitting in the pits compared to Dan. “
2007 Indy Japan 300 Results
Pos. Name Laps
1 Tony Kanaan 200
2 Dan Wheldon 200
3 Dario Franchitti 200
4 Scott Dixon 200
5 Sam Hornish Jr. 199
6 Scott Sharp 199
7 Helio Castroneves 199
8 Jeff Simmons 199
9 Tomas Scheckter 199
10 Buddy Rice 199
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