Indianapolis 500
Race Results for the 2006 Indianapolis 500
| Finish | Start | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Status | Laps | Led | Prize Money |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara/Honda | 157.085 | 200 | 19 | $1,744,855 |
| 2 | 9 | 26 | Marco Andretti (R) | NYSE Group | Dallara/Honda | 157.084 | 200 | 2 | $688,505 |
| 3 | 13 | 1 | Michael Andretti | Jim Beam/Vonage | Dallara/Honda | 157.071 | 200 | 4 | $455,105 |
| 4 | 3 | 10 | Dan Wheldon (W) | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Honda | 157.068 | 200 | 148 | $571,405 |
| 5 | 5 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Team 7-Eleven | Dallara/Honda | 157.063 | 200 | 12 | $340,405 |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Honda | 157.043 | 200 | 6 | $361,005 |
| 7 | 17 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Klein Tools/Canadian Club | Dallara/Honda | 157.008 | 200 | 0 | $307,905 |
| 8 | 10 | 16 | Danica Patrick | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent | Panoz/Honda | 157.007 | 200 | 0 | $285,805 |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | Scott Sharp | Delphi | Dallara/Honda | 156.933 | 200 | 0 | $283,805 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Vitor Meira | Harrah's Panther | Dallara/Honda | 156.839 | 200 | 0 | $267,705 |
| 11 | 12 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | Dallara/Honda | Running | 199 | 0 | $264,805 |
| 12 | 25 | 5 | Buddy Lazier (W) | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara/Honda | Running | 199 | 0 | $274,805 |
| 13 | 19 | 51 | Eddie Cheever Jr. (W) | Cheever Racing | Dallara/Honda | Running | 198 | 0 | $255,805 |
| 14 | 18 | 52 | Max Papis | Cheever Racing | Dallara/Honda | Running | 197 | 0 | $229,305 |
| 15 | 7 | 55 | Kosuke Matsuura | Panasonic ARTA | Dallara/Honda | Running | 196 | 0 | $247,805 |
| 16 | 28 | 12 | Roger Yasukawa | Playa Del Racing | Panoz/Honda | Running | 194 | 0 | $228,805 |
| 17 | 24 | 21 | Jaques Lazier | Playa Del Racing | Panoz/Honda | Running | 193 | 0 | $219,305 |
| 18 | 29 | 88 | Airton Dare | OCTANE Motors/Sanitec/SSM | Panoz/Honda | Running | 193 | 0 | $216,805 |
| 19 | 32 | 98 | PJ Jones | CURB Records | Panoz/Honda | Running | 189 | 0 | $214,305 |
| 20 | 16 | 7 | Bryan Herta | XM Satellite Radio | Dallara/Honda | Running | 188 | 0 | $234,805 |
| 21 | 21 | 14 | Felipe Giaffone | ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing | Dallara/Honda | Accident | 177 | 0 | $227,305 |
| 22 | 15 | 90 | Townsend Bell (R) | Rock & Republic | Dallara/Honda | Suspension | 161 | 0 | $204,555 |
| 23 | 26 | 17 | Jeff Simmons | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol | Panoz/Honda | Accident | 152 | 0 | $222,305 |
| 24 | 27 | 31 | Al Unser Jr. (W) | A1 Team USA Geico Dreyer & Reinbold | Dallara/Honda | Accident | 145 | 0 | $200,305 |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Helio Castroneves (W) | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara/Honda | Accident | 109 | 9 | $290,355 |
| 26 | 14 | 15 | Buddy Rice (W) | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent | Panoz/Honda | Accident | 108 | 0 | $224,805 |
| 27 | 11 | 2 | Tomas Scheckter | Vision Racing | Dallara/Honda | Accident | 65 | 0 | $215,305 |
| 28 | 31 | 61 | Arie Luyendyk Jr. (R) | CheapCaribbean.com/Blue Star Jets | Panoz/Honda | Handling | 54 | 0 | $196,055 |
| 29 | 30 | 97 | Stephan Gregoire | Effen Vodka Team Leader Special | Panoz/Honda | Handling | 49 | 0 | $193,305 |
| 30 | 23 | 41 | Larry Foyt | AJ Foyt Racing | Dallara/Honda | Handling | 43 | 0 | $192,305 |
| 31 | 33 | 18 | Thiago Medeiros (R) | PDM Racing | Panoz/Honda | Electrical | 24 | 0 | $227,555 |
| 32 | 22 | 92 | Jeff Bucknum | Life Fitness | Dallara/Honda | Accident | 1 | 0 | $193,805 |
| 33 | 20 | 91 | P.J. Chesson (R) | Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara/Honda | Accident | 1 | 0 | $211,555 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner