2009 Honda 200 Explained

The 2009 Honda Indy 200 presented by Westfield Insurance was the thirteenth round of the 17-race 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 9, 2009 at the 2.258miles Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

The race saw the return of Oriol Servià, who replaced Robert Doornbos in the #06 Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing machine.[1] Doornbos moved to the #33 car run by HVM Racing, with whom he had success in the 2007 Champ Car season.[2] Paul Tracy replaced Mario Moraes in the #5 car for KV Racing Technology, as Moraes was in Brazil following the death of his father.[3]

Scott Dixon won his 20th IRL-sanctioned race after dominating the race for the last 49 laps, winning by nearly half a minute from championship rivals Ryan Briscoe and Dario Franchitti. Dixon's win gave him the championship lead by three points from Briscoe and also saw him surpass Sam Hornish Jr.'s tally of 19 career IRL victories.[4]

Grid

RowInsideOutside
16 Ryan Briscoe18 Justin Wilson
29 Scott Dixon02 Graham Rahal
33 Hélio Castroneves10 Dario Franchitti
414 Ryan Hunter-Reay11 Tony Kanaan
513 E. J. Viso5 Paul Tracy
627 Hideki Mutoh7 Danica Patrick
726 Marco Andretti06 Oriol Servià
82 Raphael Matos (R)24 Mike Conway (R)
94 Dan Wheldon33 Robert Doornbos (R)
1098 Richard Antinucci (R)23 Milka Duno
1120 Ed Carpenter

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
19 Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing851:46:05.798535152
26 Ryan BriscoePenske Racing85+ 29.78031641
310 Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi Racing85+ 30.05516035
414 Ryan Hunter-ReayA. J. Foyt Enterprises85+ 33.73077032
527 Hideki MutohAndretti Green Racing85+ 34.183911030
626 Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing85+ 46.766913028
75 Paul TracyKV Racing Technology85+ 49.702010026
802 Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing85+ 50.45174024
92 Raphael Matos (R)Luczo-Dragon Racing85+ 51.228615022
1011 Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing85+ 52.08108020
1106 Oriol ServiàNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing85+ 52.621514019
123 Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing85+ 53.23625018
1318 Justin WilsonDale Coyne Racing85+ 53.576822817
1433 Robert Doornbos (R)HVM Racing85+ 1:10.081218016
1513 E. J. VisoHVM Racing84+ 1 Lap9015
164 Dan WheldonPanther Racing84+ 1 Lap17014
1720 Ed CarpenterVision Racing84+ 1 Lap21013
1898 Richard AntinucciTeam 3G83+ 2 Laps19012
197 Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing83+ 2 Laps12012
2024 Mike Conway (R)Dreyer & Reinbold Racing69Mechanical16012
2123 Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing56Handling20012
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Scott Dixon460
2 Ryan Briscoe457
3 Dario Franchitti440
4 Hélio Castroneves359
5 Danica Patrick321

Notes and References

  1. News: Servia lands NHL seat for Mid-Ohio . autosport.com . . Pablo . Elizalde . 2009-08-06 . 2009-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090809141127/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77569 . 2009-08-09 . live.
  2. News: HVM confirms second car for Doornbos. autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Pablo. Elizalde. 2009-08-06. 2009-08-08.
  3. News: Tracy to replace Moraes at Mid-Ohio. autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Steven. English. 2009-08-07. 2009-08-08.
  4. News: King Dixon . indycar.com . . Dave . Lewandowski . 2009-08-09 . 2009-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314143221/http://www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=14849 . 2012-03-14 . live.