The 2010 Kentucky Indy 300 was the eleventh running of the Kentucky Indy 300 and the fifteenth round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, September 4, 2010. The race contested over 200 laps at the 1.480-mile (2.382 km) Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.[1][2]
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 15th round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season | |
 | |
| Date | September 4, 2010 |
| Official name | Kentucky Indy 300 |
| Location | Kentucky Speedway |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.480 mi / 2.382 km |
| Distance | 200 laps 296.000 mi / 476.366 km |
| Weather | 67 °F (19 °C), clear skies |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Ed Carpenter (Panther Racing) |
| Time | 48.8958 (2-lap) |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) |
| Time | 24.2752 (on lap 18 of 200) |
| Podium | |
| First | Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) |
| Second | Ed Carpenter (Panther Racing) |
| Third | Dan Wheldon (Panther Racing) |
Classification
editQualifying
edit| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |  Ed Carpenter
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Panther Racing | 24.4414 | 24.4544 | 48.8958 | ||
| 2 | 12 |  Will Power
|
Team Penske | 24.4469 | 24.4723 | 48.9192 | ||
| 3 | 4 |  Dan Wheldon
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Panther Racing | 24.4840 | 24.4640 | 48.9480 | ||
| 4 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
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Chip Ganassi Racing | 24.5009 | 24.4848 | 48.9857 | ||
| 5 | 06 |  Hideki Mutoh
|
Newman/Haas Racing | 24.4871 | 24.5343 | 49.0214 | ||
| 6 | 34 |  Bertrand Baguette (R)
|
Conquest Racing | 24.5291 | 24.5796 | 49.1087 | ||
| 7 | 32 |  Mario Moraes
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KV Racing Technology | 24.5877 | 24.5458 | 49.1335 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves
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Team Penske | 24.5988 | 24.5395 | 49.1383 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe
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Team Penske | 24.5666 | 24.6301 | 49.1967 | ||
| 10 | 36 |  Tomas Scheckter
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Conquest Racing | 24.6000 | 24.5991 | 49.1991 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Dario Franchitti
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Chip Ganassi Racing | 24.6178 | 24.8632 | 49.2120 | ||
| 12 | 14 | Vítor Meira
|
A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 24.6330 | 24.6013 | 49.2343 | ||
| 13 | 77 |  Alex Tagliani
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FAZZT Race Team | 24.5926 | 24.6517 | 49.2443 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Takuma Sato (R)
|
KV Racing Technology | 24.6401 | 24.6327 | 49.2728 | ||
| 15 | 26 | Marco Andretti
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Andretti Autosport | 24.6797 | 24.6142 | 49.2939 | ||
| 16 | 22 | Justin Wilson
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Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 24.6761 | 24.6701 | 49.3462 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Danica Patrick
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Andretti Autosport | 24.7322 | 24.6422 | 49.3744 | ||
| 18 | 19 | Alex Lloyd (R)
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Dale Coyne Racing | 24.7734 | 24.7267 | 49.5001 | ||
| 19 | 78 |  Simona de Silvestro (R)
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HVM Racing | 24.8104 | 24.7517 | 49.5621 | ||
| 20 | 2 | Raphael Matos
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de Ferran Dragon Racing | 24.7809 | 24.7938 | 49.5747 | ||
| 21 | 67 | Sarah Fisher
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Sarah Fisher Racing | 24.8375 | 24.7684 | 49.6059 | ||
| 22 | 8 |  E. J. Viso
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KV Racing Technology | 24.8667 | 24.7897 | 49.6564 | ||
| 23 | 24 | Paul Tracy
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Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 24.8989 | 24.8328 | 49.7317 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Milka Duno
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Dale Coyne Racing | 24.9899 | 24.9579 | 49.9478 | ||
| 25 | 66 | Graham Rahal
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Sarah Fisher Racing | 25.2216 | 24.9565 | 50.1781 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Tony Kanaan
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Andretti Autosport | 25.3817 | 25.1611 | 50.5428 | ||
| 27 | 37 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
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Andretti Autosport | no time | ||||
| OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS REPORT | ||||||||
Race
editReferences
edit- ^ "2010 Kentucky indycars". Motor Sport. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ Filipponio, Frank (September 5, 2010). "IndyCar: 2010 Kentucky Indy 300 comes down to fuelish decisions". Autoblog. Retrieved May 20, 2024.