2009 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

  2009 Sonoma

Race details
14th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	August 23, 2009
Official name	Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
Location	Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.303 mi / 3.706 km
Distance	75 laps, 172.725 mi / 277.950 km
Weather	69 °F, fair
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing
Time	1:16.7987
Fastest lap
Driver	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing
Time	1:18.8427 (on lap 35 of 75)
Podium
First	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing
Second	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing
Third	Mike Conway	Dreyer & Reinbold

The 2009 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma was the fourteenth round of the 17-race 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 23, 2009 at the 2.303-mile (3.706 km) Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Will Power and Nelson Philippe both missed the race, after they were hospitalized after a practice accident on Saturday. Philippe spun at the blind turn 3A, and stalled the car on-track. E. J. Viso hit the Frenchman's car, before Power t-boned it a few seconds later. Power suffered fractures to two lumbar vertebrae, Philippe fractured his left foot and Viso escaped uninjured.^[1]

Grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	10	Dario Franchitti	6	Ryan Briscoe
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	26	Marco Andretti
3	27	Hideki Mutoh	02	Graham Rahal
4	11	Tony Kanaan	25	Franck Montagny (R)
5	24	Mike Conway (R)	9	Scott Dixon
6	7	Danica Patrick	4	Dan Wheldon
7	13	E. J. Viso	5	Mario Moraes
8	33	Robert Doornbos (R)	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay
9	06	Oriol Servià	2	Raphael Matos (R)
10	18	Justin Wilson	98	Richard Antinucci (R)
11	20	Ed Carpenter	23	Milka Duno

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	75	1:49:23.0073	1	75	53
2	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	75	+ 0.2488	2	0	40
3	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	75	+ 0.8293	9	0	35
4	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	75	+ 3.6171	14	0	32
5	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	75	+ 5.4536	5	0	30
6	06	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	75	+ 6.3801	17	0	28
7	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	75	+ 6.6997	22	0	26
8	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	75	+ 7.1808	7	0	24
9	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	75	+ 8.5936	18	0	22
10	33	Robert Doornbos (R)	HVM Racing	75	+ 10.8175	15	0	20
11	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	75	+ 11.3688	20	0	19
12	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	75	+ 12.4000	12	0	18
13	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	75	+ 13.8968	10	0	17
14	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	75	+ 14.8971*	4	0	16
15	98	Richard Antinucci	Team 3G	75	+ 19.0650	19	0	15
16	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	74	+ 1 Lap	11	0	14
17	23	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	71	+ 4 Laps	21	0	13
18	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	66	Contact	3	0	12
19	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	65	Mechanical	16	0	12
20	25	Franck Montagny (R)	Andretti Green Racing	57	Handling	8	0	12
21	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	30	Mechanical	6	0	12
22	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	0	Contact	13	0	12
23	12	Will Power	Penske Racing	DNS	-	23	-	6
24	34	Nelson Philippe (R)	Conquest Racing	DNS	-	24	-	6
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

• * Marco Andretti was originally scored in eleventh, but was demoted behind Scott Dixon after the pair collided on the final lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ryan Briscoe 497 2 Dario Franchitti 493 3 Scott Dixon 477 4 Hélio Castroneves 371 5 Danica Patrick 335 References "Drivers hospitalized". indycar.com (IndyCar Series). 2009-08-22. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-08-22.