2009 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300

United States 2009 Chicagoland
Race details
15th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
DateAugust 29, 2009
Official namePeak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300
LocationChicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.520 mi / 2.446 km
Distance200 laps
304 mi / 489.200 km
Pole position
DriverRyan Briscoe (Penske Racing)
Time1:41.6327 (4 laps)
Fastest lap
DriverTomas Scheckter (Dreyer & Reinbold)
Time25.0567 (on lap 193 of 200)
Podium
FirstRyan Briscoe (Penske Racing)
SecondScott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
ThirdMario Moraes (KV Racing)

The 2009 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 was the fifteenth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 29, 2009 at the 1.520-mile (2.446 km) Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The race was won by Ryan Briscoe who beat Scott Dixon on the last lap to win by only 0.0077 of a second.[1]

Grid

Row Inside Outside
1 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves
2 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan
3 02 United States Graham Rahal 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon
4 26 United States Marco Andretti 5 Brazil Mario Moraes
5 06 Spain Oriol Servià 7 United States Danica Patrick
6 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon 20 United States Ed Carpenter
7 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh 43 South Africa Tomas Scheckter
8 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 24 United Kingdom Mike Conway (R)
9 2 Brazil Raphael Matos (R) 14 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
10 67 United States Sarah Fisher 13 Venezuela E. J. Viso
11 23 Venezuela Milka Duno 33 Netherlands Robert Doornbos (R)
12 98 United States Jaques Lazier

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
1 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 200 1:42:34.3051 1 71 53
2 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 + 0.0077 6 61 40
3 5 Brazil Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 200 + 0.0699 8 0 35
4 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 200 + 0.0997 3 34 32
5 02 United States Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 200 + 0.1295 5 0 30
6 20 United States Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 200 + 0.1668 12 0 28
7 06 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 200 + 0.2612 9 0 26
8 43 South Africa Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 200 + 0.2683 14 4 24
9 2 Brazil Raphael Matos (R) Luczo-Dragon Racing 200 + 0.3356 17 0 22
10 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing 200 + 0.4344 15 0 20
11 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 200 + 0.5224 7 0 19
12 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 200 + 0.5840 10 0 18
13 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 200 + 0.8269 4 7 17
14 67 United States Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher Racing 199 + 1 Lap 19 0 16
15 14 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay A. J. Foyt Enterprises 199 + 1 Lap 18 0 15
16 24 United Kingdom Mike Conway (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 199 + 1 Lap 16 0 14
17 13 Venezuela E. J. Viso HVM Racing 198 + 2 Laps 20 0 13
18 33 Netherlands Robert Doornbos (R) HVM Racing 197 + 3 Laps 22 0 12
19 98 United States Jaques Lazier Team 3G 195 + 5 Laps 23 0 12
20 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 184 Contact 2 23 12
21 23 Venezuela Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 155 Mechanical 21 0 12
22 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 95 Mechanical 11 0 12
23 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 90 Contact 13 0 12
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Australia Ryan Briscoe 550
2 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 525
3 New Zealand Scott Dixon 517
4 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 383
5 United States Danica Patrick 353

References

  1. ^ "Ryan Briscoe wins a close one in IndyCar series". Los Angeles Times. 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-08-31.


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