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
Weather
Pole
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 References Previous race: 2009 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 IndyCar Series 2009 season Next race: 2009 Firestone Indy 300 Previous race: 2008 Indy Japan 300 Indy Japan 300 Next race: 2010 Indy Japan 300