Race Notes
- For the first time, Honda was the sole engine supplier to the field. It is believed that for the first time in Indianapolis 500 history, that the race was run without a single engine problem during the entire month.
- In Hornish's seven tries at the Indy 500, this was the first that he had even completed 500 miles (800 km).
- It was the 14th Indianapolis 500 win for Roger Penske as an owner.
- This was the first Indianapolis 500 in which the leader of lap 199 did not win the race.
- The second- and third-place finishes by Marco and Michael Andretti were the 49th and 50th unsuccessful attempts to win the 500 by members of the Andretti family as drivers (Michael Andretti was a winning owner in 2005 and would be again in 2007) since patriarch Mario Andretti's sole win in 1969, extending what is popularly called the "Andretti Curse" at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- A few weeks after the race, Tom Carnegie announced his retirement after 61 years, making the 2006 500 his final race as track announcer.
- ABC Sports utilized Side-By-Side for the first time during the Indianapolis 500.
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