2007 XM Satellite Radio Indy 300
| Race details | |||
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Race 1 of 17 in the 2007 IndyCar season
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| Date | March 24, 2007 | ||
| Official name | XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 | ||
| Location | Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi / 2.414 km | ||
| Distance | 200 laps 300.000 mi / 482.803 km | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Dan Wheldon (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||
| Time | 24.9438 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Dan Wheldon (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||
| Time | 24.9303 (on lap 112 of 200) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Dan Wheldon (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||
| Second | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||
| Third | Sam Hornish Jr. (Team Penske) | ||
The 2007 XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 was an IndyCar Series motor race held on March 24, 2007, in Homestead, Florida at Homestead–Miami Speedway. It was the first of the 2007 IndyCar Series and the 12th running of the event (7th under Indy Racing League sanctioning). Chip Ganassi Racing's Dan Wheldon won the 200-lap race. Wheldon's teammate Scott Dixon finished second and Sam Hornish Jr. came in third for Team Penske.
Wheldon posted the fastest lap of both practice sessions and qualifying, giving him the pole position. He was the most dominant driver of the race, leading all but 21 laps. Even after being relegated to ninth due to a pit road miscue on lap 103, Wheldon quickly made his way through the field and reclaimed the lead for good by passing Dixon on the 120th lap. Wheldon's victory was the 12th of his IndyCar Series career and earned him the lead in the Drivers' Championship.