Helio Castroneves bid to lighten his mood during ongoing court proceedings into tax evasion accusations ended with a frustrating seventh places, while Hideki Mutoh, Graham Rahal and Buddy Rice rounded out the top ten. Mutoh was the best of the Andretti Green Racing quartet on a disappointing day for former winner Michael Andretti, with Tony Kanaan suffering the race's only mechanical retirement and both Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick finishing well down the order.

"Unfortunately, our right rear suspension broke and it's a real shame," Kanaan commented, "I didn't hit anything and I think it was just the stress on the part. We worked really hard after struggling the first couple of days and the Team 7-Eleven car was very good for the race - I think we could have finished on the podium...."

Rice completed the top ten by just 0.0001secs, pipping Dan Wheldon on the Briton's return to Panther Racing, and there was equally disappointing news for returnee Dario Franchitti, who managed only a lapped 16th on his debut with Target Chip Ganassi Racing.

Rice had taken the flag in twelfth, but was moved ahead of both Wheldon and Justin Wilson on the results after they were deemed to have passed him under yellow flags.