2009 Iowa Corn Indy 250
Race details | |
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7th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season | |
Date | June 21, 2009 |
Official name | Iowa Corn Indy 250 |
Location | Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa, United States |
Course | Permanent racing facility 0.894 mi / 1.439 km |
Distance | 250 laps 223.500 mi / 359.688 km |
Weather | 75°F, overcast |
Pole position | |
Driver | Hélio Castroneves (Penske Racing) |
Time | set by owner points |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Hideki Mutoh (Andretti Green Racing) |
Time | 18.0128 (on lap 32 of 250) |
Podium | |
First | Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Second | Ryan Briscoe (Penske Racing) |
Third | Hideki Mutoh (Andretti Green Racing) |
The 2009 Iowa Corn Indy 250 was the seventh round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on June 21, 2009 at the 0.894-mile (1.439 km) Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, United States. The race was broadcast on ABC. It received a 0.8 rating on the Nielsen ratings scale, down from a 1.1 rating from the 2008 Iowa Corn Indy 250.[1]
Race[]
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | 1:39:47.9077 | 4 | 68 | 50 |
2 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Penske Racing | 250 | + 5.0132 | 2 | 85 | 42 |
3 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Andretti Green Racing | 250 | + 10.9769 | 11 | 0 | 35 |
4 | 4 | Dan Wheldon | Panther Racing | 250 | + 17.5807 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
5 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 249 | + 1 Lap | 3 | 1 | 30 |
6 | 23 | Tomas Scheckter | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 249 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 0 | 28 |
7 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Penske Racing | 249 | + 1 Lap | 1 | 16 | 26 |
8 | 24 | Mike Conway (R) | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 249 | + 1 Lap | 19 | 0 | 24 |
9 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Green Racing | 249 | + 1 Lap | 5 | 24 | 22 |
10 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | 248 | + 2 Laps | 13 | 0 | 20 |
11 | 02 | Graham Rahal | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 245 | + 5 Laps | 9 | 0 | 19 |
12 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 244 | + 6 Laps | 8 | 0 | 18 |
13 | 98 | Jaques Lazier | Team 3G | 237 | + 13 Laps | 20 | 0 | 17 |
14 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing | 108 | Contact | 7 | 48 | 16 |
15 | 06 | Robert Doornbos (R) | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 58 | Handling | 14 | 0 | 15 |
16 | 2 | Raphael Matos (R) | Luczo-Dragon Racing | 53 | Contact | 12 | 0 | 14 |
17 | 5 | Mario Moraes | KV Racing Technology | 52 | Contact | 15 | 0 | 13 |
18 | 18 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | 33 | Contact | 10 | 0 | 12 |
19 | 14 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | ABC Supply Company | 2 | Contact | 17 | 0 | 12 |
20 | 13 | E. J. Viso | HVM Racing | 0 | Contact | 18 | 0 | 12 |
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT |
Standings after the race[]
- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Ryan Briscoe | 241 |
2 | Dario Franchitti | 238 |
3 | Scott Dixon | 226 |
4 | Hélio Castroneves | 212 |
5 | Danica Patrick | 189 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for the standings.
References[]
- ^ "The Ratings Game". 2009-06-22. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
Categories:
- 2009 in IndyCar
- Iowa Corn Indy 300
- 2009 in sports in Iowa
- June 2009 sports events in the United States