2009 Firestone Indy 300

The 2009 Firestone Indy 300 was the final showdown of the 2009 IndyCar season. This 297-mile (478 km) race took place on October 10, at the 1.485-mile (2.390 km) Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida near Miami. The race was telecast by Versus. Scotland's Dario Franchitti benefitted from late pit-stops for rivals Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe to take his second IndyCar Series title by ten points.^[1][2][3] This race is also the fastest 300 mile oval race in IndyCar history owing to no caution flags.

2009 Homestead-Miami Speedway

Race details
17th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	October 10, 2009
Official name	Firestone Indy 300
Location	Homestead-Miami Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.485 mi / 2.390 km
Distance	200 laps 297.000 mi / 477.975 km
Weather	89 °F, fair
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:40.5378 (4 laps), 212.696 mph
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	25.4483 (on lap 105 of 200)
Podium
First	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Ryan Briscoe (Penske Racing)
Third	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

Grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	10	Dario Franchitti	9	Scott Dixon
2	6	Ryan Briscoe	20	Ed Carpenter
3	40202	Alex Lloyd	02	Graham Rahal
4	7	Danica Patrick	26	Marco Andretti
5	2	Raphael Matos	5	Mario Moraes
6	3	Hélio Castroneves	43	Tomas Scheckter
7	18	Justin Wilson	4	Dan Wheldon
8	11	Tony Kanaan	67	Sarah Fisher
9	23	Milka Duno	13	E. J. Viso
10	27	Hideki Mutoh	24	Mike Conway
11	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	33	Robert Doornbos
12	98	Jaques Lazier

Race

All cars utilized Dallara chassis, Honda engines, and Firestone Firehawk tires

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	1:28:28.3117 (201.42 mph)	1	25	51
2	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	200	+ 4.7888	3	103	42
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+ 6.0206	2	70	35
4	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	15	0	32
5	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	11	2	30
6	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	19	0	28
7	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	198	+ 2 Laps	10	0	26
8	40202	Alex Lloyd (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	5	0	24
9	43	Tomas Scheckter	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	12	0	22
10	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	13	0	20
11	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	6	0	19
12	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	4	0	18
13	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	196	+ 4 Laps	21	0	17
14	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	196	+ 4 Laps	9	0	16
15	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	195	+ 5 Laps	20	0	15
16	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	194	+ 6 Laps	18	0	14
17	23	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	194	+ 6 Laps	17	0	13
18	67	Sarah Fisher	Sarah Fisher Racing	187	+ 13 Laps	16	0	12
19	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	185	+ 15 Laps	7	0	12
20	33	Robert Doornbos (R)	HVM Racing	166	Lost mirror	22	0	12
21	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	150	Pit lane crash	14	0	12
22	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	58	Brakes	8	0	12
23	98	Jaques Lazier	Team 3G	23	Fuel Pressure	23	0	12
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

Caution flags: none

References

1. Beer, Matt (2009-10-10). "Franchitti clinches IndyCar title". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
2. "Franchitti regains IndyCar title". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
3. Lewandowski, Dave (2009-10-10). "Hail the champion". indycar.com. IndyCar Series. Retrieved 2009-10-13.

External links

• Official boxscore

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