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Sunday, September 10, 2006
6:53:00 PM EDT

Sam Hornish Wins 2006 IRL Championship




So, the season's done.  Dan Wheldon won the battle; Sam Hornish won the war that was the 2006 IndyCar Championship.  The Penske driver finished the race at Chicagoland in 3rd place and clinched his third career IRL title and first with Penske after a dream season in which he claimed his first Indy 500 win.  Interestingly, Hornish and Wheldon were tied with 475 points and Hornish with his 4 wins won the tiebreaker.

The season-ending standings:

1. Sam Hornish Jr. 475
2. Dan Wheldon 475
3. Helio Castroneves 473
4. Scott Dixon 457
5. Vitor Meira 411
6. Tony Kanaan 384
7. Marco Andretti 325
8. Dario Franchitti 311
9. Danica Patrick 302
10. Tomas Scheckter 298



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