2009 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300

  2009 Chicagoland

Race details
15th Round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	August 29, 2009
Official name	Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300
Location	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.520 mi / 2.446 km
Distance	200 laps, 304 mi / 489.200 km
Weather
Pole
Driver	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing
Time	25.4033
Fastest Lap
Driver	Tomas Scheckter	Dreyer & Reinbold
Time	25.0567 (on lap 193 of 200)
Podium
First	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing
Second	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
Third	Mario Moraes	KV Racing

The 2009 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 was the fifteenth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 29, 2009 at the 1.520-mile (2.446 km) Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The race was won by Ryan Briscoe who beat Scott Dixon on the last lap to win by only 0.0077 of a second.^[1]

Grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	6	Ryan Briscoe	3	Hélio Castroneves
2	10	Dario Franchitti	11	Tony Kanaan
3	02	Graham Rahal	26	Marco Andretti
4	9	Scott Dixon	7	Danica Patrick
5	5	Mario Moraes	06	Oriol Servià
6	4	Dan Wheldon	20	Ed Carpenter
7	27	Hideki Mutoh	43	Tomas Scheckter
8	18	Justin Wilson	24	Mike Conway (R)
9	2	Raphael Matos (R)	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay
10	67	Sarah Fisher	13	E. J. Viso
11	23	Milka Duno	33	Robert Doornbos (R)
12	98	Jaques Lazier

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	200	1:42:34.3051	1	71	53
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+ 0.0077	6	61	40
3	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	200	+ 0.699	8	0	35
4	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+ 0.0997	3	34	32
5	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	200	+ 0.1295	5	0	30
6	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	200	+ 0.1668	12	0	28
7	06	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	200	+ 0.2612	9	0	26
8	43	Tomas Scheckter	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	200	+ 0.2683	14	4	24
9	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	200	+ 0.3356	17	0	22
10	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	200	+ 0.4344	15	0	20
11	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 0.5224	7	0	19
12	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 0.5840	10	0	18
13	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 0.8269	4	7	17
14	67	Sarah Fisher	Sarah Fisher Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	19	0	16
15	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	199	+ 1 Lap	18	0	15
16	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	16	0	14
17	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	20	0	13
18	33	Robert Doornbos (R)	HVM Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	22	0	12
19	98	Jaques Lazier	Team 3G	195	+ 5 Laps	23	0	12
20	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	184	Contact	2	23	12
21	23	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	155	Mechanical	21	0	12
22	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	95	Mechanical	11	0	12
23	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	90	Contact	13	0	12
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ryan Briscoe 550 2 Dario Franchitti 525 3 Scott Dixon 517 4 Hélio Castroneves 383 5 Danica Patrick 353 References ^ "Ryan Briscoe wins a close one in IndyCar series". Los Angeles Times. 2009-08-30. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-motor-racing30-2009aug30,0,7864337.story. Retrieved 2009-08-31.  Previous race: 2009 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma IndyCar Series 2009 season Next race: 2009 Indy Japan 300 Previous race: 2008 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Next race: 2010 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300