2009 Honda 200

  2009 Mid-Ohio

Race details
13th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	August 9, 2009
Official name	Honda 200
Location	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.258 mi / 3.634 km
Distance	85 laps, 191.930 mi / 308.881 km
Weather	91°F, partly cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing
Time	1:06.6814
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
Time	1:08.5600 (on lap 62 of 85)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
Second	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing
Third	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing

The 2009 Honda Indy 200 presented by Westfield Insurance was the thirteenth round of the 17-race 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 9, 2009 at the 2.258-mile (3.634 km) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

The race saw the return of Oriol Servià, who replaced Robert Doornbos in the #06 Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing machine.^[1] Doornbos moved to the #33 car run by HVM Racing, with whom he had success with in the 2007 Champ Car season.^[2] Paul Tracy replaced Mario Moraes in the #5 car for KV Racing Technology, as Moraes was in Brazil following the death of his father.^[3]

Scott Dixon won his 20th IRL-sanctioned race, after dominating the race for the last 49 laps, winning by nearly half a minute from championship rivals Ryan Briscoe and Dario Franchitti. Dixon's win gave him the championship lead by three points from Briscoe, and also saw him surpass Sam Hornish, Jr.'s tally of 19 career IRL victories.^[4]

Grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	6	Ryan Briscoe	18	Justin Wilson
2	9	Scott Dixon	02	Graham Rahal
3	3	Hélio Castroneves	10	Dario Franchitti
4	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	11	Tony Kanaan
5	13	E. J. Viso	5	Paul Tracy
6	27	Hideki Mutoh	7	Danica Patrick
7	26	Marco Andretti	06	Oriol Servià
8	2	Raphael Matos (R)	24	Mike Conway (R)
9	4	Dan Wheldon	33	Robert Doornbos (R)
10	98	Richard Antinucci (R)	23	Milka Duno
11	20	Ed Carpenter

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	85	1:46:05.7985	3	51	52
2	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	85	+ 29.7803	1	6	41
3	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	85	+ 30.0551	6	0	35
4	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	85	+ 33.7307	7	0	32
5	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	85	+ 34.1839	11	0	30
6	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	85	+ 46.7669	13	0	28
7	5	Paul Tracy	KV Racing Technology	85	+ 49.7020	10	0	26
8	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	85	+ 50.4517	4	0	24
9	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	85	+ 51.2286	15	0	22
10	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	85	+ 52.0810	8	0	20
11	06	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	85	+ 52.6215	14	0	19
12	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	85	+ 53.2362	5	0	18
13	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	85	+ 53.5768	2	28	17
14	33	Robert Doornbos (R)	HVM Racing	85	+ 1:10.0812	18	0	16
15	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	9	0	15
16	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	17	0	14
17	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	21	0	13
18	98	Richard Antinucci	Team 3G	83	+ 2 Laps	19	0	12
19	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	83	+ 2 Laps	12	0	12
20	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	69	Mechanical	16	0	12
21	23	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	56	Handling	20	0	12
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon 460 2 Ryan Briscoe 457 3 Dario Franchitti 440 4 Hélio Castroneves 359 5 Danica Patrick 321 References Elizalde, Pablo (2009-08-06). "Servia lands NHL seat for Mid-Ohio". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-08. Elizalde, Pablo (2009-08-06). "HVM confirms second car for Doornbos". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2009-08-08. English, Steven (2009-08-07). "Tracy to replace Moraes at Mid-Ohio". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2009-08-08. Lewandowski, Dave (2009-08-09). "King Dixon". indycar.com (IndyCar Series). Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-09.