2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300

The 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Chicagoland Speedway. It was held over the weekend of 7 -September 9, 2007, as the seventeenth and final round of the 2007 calendar.

The layout of Chicagoland Speedway

Dario Franchitti secured the title after title rival Scott Dixon ran out of fuel in turn 3 of on the final lap, some 800 metres shy of the finish fine. After this race, Franchitti moved on to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, meaning that for the first time in IRL history, a champion would not defend his title in the following season. Franchitti returned to IndyCar in 2009 and would go on to win three straight Indycar championships from 2009 to 2011 and two Indy 500s in 2010 and 2012. Before he retired following a crash in the second race of the 2013 Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston.

Another notable farewell was 2006 Indy 500 winner & three time Indy Racing League champion Sam Hornish Jr. as he would also move in 2008 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Team Penske. Unlike Franchitti, Hornish never came back to IndyCar since then.

Classification

Fin. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	27	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	200	1:44:53.7950	1	10	50
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+1.8439	6	41	40
3	6	Sam Hornish Jr.	Team Penske	199	+1 Lap	2	90	35+3
4	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	199	+1 Lap	3	56	32
5	8	Scott Sharp	Rahal Letterman Racing	199	+1 Lap	11	0	30
6	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	199	+1 Lap	4	0	28
7	17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	198	+2 Laps	12	0	26
8	60	Hideki Mutoh (R)	Panther Racing	198	+2 Laps	13	0	24
9	15	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	198	+2 Laps	19	0	22
10	22	A. J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	198	+2 Laps	18	0	20
11	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	198	+2 Laps	7	0	19
12	5	Sarah Fisher	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	196	+4 Laps	17	0	18
13	10	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	193	Gearbox	5	3	17
14	25	Marty Roth	Roth Racing	190	+10 Laps	21	0	16
15	23	Milka Duno (R)	SAMAX Motorsport	184	+16 Laps	22	0	15
16	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	164	+36 Laps	14	0	14
17	55	Kosuke Matsuura	Panther Racing	156	Electrical	16	0	13
18	4	Vítor Meira	Panther Racing	133	Accident	15	0	12
19	76	P. J. Chesson	Roth Racing	94	+106 Laps	20	0	12
20	2	Tomas Scheckter	Vision Racing	73	Mechanical	9	0	12
21	14	Darren Manning	A.J. Foyt Racing	62	Mechanical	8	0	12
22	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	34	Accident	10	0	12
Lead changes: 14 between 5 drivers

References

• IndyCar Series

Preceded by 2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix	IRL IndyCar Series round 17 2007	Succeeded by 2008 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300