Herta Takes First Win of the Season

Michigan native Herta beat his teammate, points leader Dan Wheldon, by less than four hundredths of a second - one of the all-time closest IRL race finishes. The Andretti Green Racing duo finished ahead of Tomas Scheckter, Tony Kanaan, Sam Hornish Jr. and Buddy Lazier.

The race around the D-shaped oval ran uncharacteristically smooth, with only one crash, on lap 181, which saw Pather Racing's Townsend Bell spin in Turn Two.

Herta's win completes a full house for his Andretti Green Racing team, now having all their drivers win a race in 2005.

Pos  Driver              Make-Engine      Laps
 1.  Bryan Herta         Dallara-Honda    200
 2.  Dan Wheldon         Dallara-Honda    200
 3.  Tomas Scheckter     Dallara-Chevy    200
 4.  Tony Kanaan         Dallara-Honda    200
 5.  Sam Hornish Jr.     Dallara-Toyota   200
 6.  Buddy Lazier        Dallara-Chevy    200
 7.  Scott Sharp         Panoz-Honda      200
 8.  Dario Franchitti    Dallara-Honda    200
 9.  Patrick Carpentier  Dallara-Toyota   199
10.  Ryan Briscoe        Panoz-Toyota     199
11.  Alex Barron         Dallara-Toyota   199
12.  A.J. Foyt IV        Dallara-Toyota   198
13.  Jimmy Kite          Dallara-Toyota   197
14.  Vitor Meira         Panoz-Honda      185
15.  Townsend Bell       Dallara-Chevy    180
16.  Kosuke Matsuura     Panoz-Honda      180
17.  Jaques Lazier       Panoz-Toyota     179
18.  Roger Yasukawa      Dallara-Honda    179
19.  Scott Dixon         Panoz-Toyota     166
20.  Danica Patrick      Panoz-Honda      163
21.  Helio Castroneves   Dallara-Toyota   138
22.  Buddy Rice          Panoz-Honda      126
23.  Ed Carpenter        Dallara-Toyota   118