2009 Indy Japan 300

2009 Motegi

Race details
16th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	September 19, 2009
Official name	Indy Japan 300
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.520 mi / 2.446 km
Distance	200 laps 304.000 mi / 489.241 km
Pole position
Driver	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:48.3400 (4 laps)
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	27.6698 (on lap 174 of 200)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Graham Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan)

The 2009 Indy Japan 300 was the sixteenth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on September 19, 2009 at the 1.520-mile (2.446 km) Twin Ring Motegi, in Motegi, Japan.

Grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	9	Scott Dixon	5	Mario Moraes
2	10	Dario Franchitti	6	Ryan Briscoe
3	02	Graham Rahal	7	Danica Patrick
4	06	Oriol Servià	4	Dan Wheldon
5	18	Justin Wilson	23	Tomas Scheckter
6	20	Ed Carpenter	2	Raphael Matos (R)
7	24	Mike Conway (R)	26	Marco Andretti
8	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	34	Kosuke Matsuura
9	43	Roger Yasukawa	13	E. J. Viso
10	33	Robert Doornbos (R)	98	Stanton Barrett (R)
11	3	Hélio Castroneves	27	Hideki Mutoh
12	11	Tony Kanaan**

• ** Note: Kanaan originally qualified 14th, but failed post-qualifying inspection. As a result, Kanaan was forced to start from the rear of the field.

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	1:51:37.6411	1	139	53
2	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+ 1.4475	3	53	40
3	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	200	+ 3.2002	5	3	35
4	06	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	200	+ 7.3720	7	0	32
5	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	200	+ 12.7643	2	0	30
6	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 16.1392	6	0	28
7	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 16.6513	14	0	26
8	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	200	+ 17.2646	8	0	24
9	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	200	+ 17.5790	12	0	22
10	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	21	0	20
11	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	23	0	19
12	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	9	0	18
13	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	11	0	17
14	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	22	0	16
15	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	18	0	15
16	33	Robert Doornbos (R)	HVM Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	19	0	14
17	34	Kosuke Matsuura	Conquest Racing	195	+ 5 Laps	16	0	13
18	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	185	+ 15 Laps	4	5	12
19	98	Stanton Barrett (R)	Team 3G	182	+ 18 Laps	20	0	12
20	43	Roger Yasukawa	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	172	+ 28 Laps	17	0	12
21	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	157	Contact	15	0	12
22	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	103	Contact	13	0	12
23	23	Tomas Scheckter	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	83	Mechanical	10	0	12
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Scott Dixon	570
2	Dario Franchitti	565
3	Ryan Briscoe	562
4	Hélio Castroneves	403
5	Danica Patrick	381