The 2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge was a race in the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series, held at Richmond International Raceway. It was held over 28 -June 30, 2007, as the ninth round of the seventeen-race calendar. It was the third of four night races on the 2007 calendar.
Fin. Pos | Car No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points | |
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1 | align=center style="background:#000000; color:white;" align=center | 27 | ![]() | 250 | 1:24:19.6684 | 1 | 241 | 50+3 | |
2 | align=center style="background:#FFFFFF; color:Red;" align=center | 9 | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | +0.4194 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
3 | align=center style="background:red; color:white;" align=center | 10 | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | +1.3629 | 4 | 0 | 35 |
4 | align=center style="background:green; color:white;" align=center | 11 | ![]() | Andretti Green Racing | 250 | +2.9088 | 2 | 8 | 32 |
5 | align=center style="background:#003399; color:White;" align=center | 15 | ![]() | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 250 | +5.9130 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
6 | align=center style="background:#000000; color:aqua;" align=center | 7 | ![]() | Andretti Green Racing | 250 | +6.3619 | 8 | 0 | 28 |
7 | align=center style="background:#666666; color:Red;" align=center | 2 | Tomas Scheckter | Vision Racing | 250 | +7.5597 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
8 | align=center style="background:#33ff00; color:Black;" align=center | 8 | ![]() | Rahal Letterman Racing | 250 | +8.5739 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
9 | align=center style="background:#ffff00; color:Black;" align=center | 4 | ![]() | Panther Racing | 250 | +9.5276 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
10 | 20 | ![]() | Vision Racing | 250 | +10.3247 | 15 | 0 | 20 | |
11 | align=center style="background:#ff0000; color:Black;" align=center | 3 | ![]() | Team Penske | 249 | +1 Lap | 6 | 1 | 19 |
12 | align=center style="background:white; color:blue;" align=center | 26 | ![]() | Andretti Green Racing | 249 | +1 Lap | 14 | 0 | 18 |
13 | align=center style="background:#666666; color:Orange;" align=center | 22 | ![]() | Vision Racing | 249 | +1 Lap | 17 | 0 | 17 |
14 | align=center style="background:red; color:White;" align=center | 14 | ![]() | A.J. Foyt Racing | 249 | +1 Lap | 13 | 0 | 16 |
15 | align=center style="background:#ff0000; color:Black;" align=center | 6 | ![]() | Team Penske | 248 | +2 Laps | 5 | 0 | 15 |
16 | align=center style="background:#000066; color:White;" align=center | 5 | ![]() | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 247 | +3 Laps | 16 | 0 | 14 |
17 | align=center style="background:#0033cc; color:White;" align=center | 55 | ![]() | Panther Racing | 236 | Crash | 18 | 0 | 13 |
18 | align=center style="background:#33ff00; color:Black;" align=center | 17 | ![]() | Rahal Letterman Racing | 153 | Crash | 11 | 0 | 12 |
19 | align=center style="background:red; color:White;" align=center | 23 | ![]() | SAMAX Motorsport | 79 | Too slow* | 19 | 0 | 12 |
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers |
Milka Duno was for the second race in a row parked by race officials for failing to meet the minimum speed.
There were four caution periods during the race, with a total of thirty-three laps run under yellow.
Laps | Cause |
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1-3 | Sam Hornish Jr spun on the frontstretch |
61-70 | Debris in turn 2 |
86-98 | Tony Kanaan and Jeff Simmons crash in turn 2 |
100-120 | Jeff Simmons crash in turn 2 |
239-243 | Sam Hornish Jr and Kosuke Matsuura crash in turn 4 |