2009 SunTrust Indy Challenge

2009 Richmond
Race details
8th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	June 27, 2009
Official name	SunTrust Indy Challenge
Location	Richmond International Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 0.750 mi / 1.207 km
Distance	300 laps; 225.000 mi / 362.102 km
Weather	76 °F (24 °C), partly cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:04.5488 (4 laps)
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	16.6070 (on lap 263 of 300)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Graham Rahal (N/H/L Racing)

The 2009 SunTrust Indy Challenge was the eighth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season and took place on June 27, 2009 at the 0.750-mile (1.207 km) Richmond International Raceway, in Henrico County, Virginia.^[1] Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing won the race, the 19th of his career and tied him with Sam Hornish Jr. with the record of the most IndyCar Series victories.^[2]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	300	1:48:02.4703	2	161	52
2	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	300	+ 0.3109	1	65	41
3	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	300	+ 2.4085	5	0	35
4	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	300	+ 13.5302	8	74	32
5	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	300	+ 14.1111	10	0	30
6	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	299	+ 1 Lap	17	0	28
7	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	299	+ 1 Lap	16	0	26
8	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	299	+ 1 Lap	6	0	24
9	06	Robert Doornbos (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	299	+ 1 Lap	12	0	22
10	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	299	+ 1 Lap	13	0	20
11	23	Tomas Scheckter	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	299	+ 1 Lap	9	0	19
12	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	299	+ 1 Lap	7	0	18
13	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	299	+ 1 Lap	14	0	17
14	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	298	+ 2 Laps	15	0	16
15	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	298	+ 2 Laps	18	0	15
16	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	297	+ 3 Laps	19	0	14
17	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	245	Contact	3	0	13
18	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	135	Contact	11	0	12
19	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	26	Contact	4	0	12
20	98	Jaques Lazier	Team 3G	0	Contact	20	0	12
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

From Lap	To Lap	Number of laps	Reason
1	7	7	Jaques Lazier accident turn 2
27	37	11	Ryan Briscoe accident turn 2
138	153	16	Mike Conway accident turn 4
248	159	12	Hélio Castroneves accident turn 2

^ "2009 SunTrust Indy Challenge". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
^ Paulk, Ralph N. (June 28, 2009). "Dixon prevails in SunTrust Indy Challenge". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

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