2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

  2009 Long Beach

Race details
2nd Round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	April 19, 2009
Official name	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Streets of Long Beach
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	85 laps, 167.280 mi / 269.211 km
Weather	96°F, Sunny
Pole
Driver	Will Power	Penske Racing
Time	1:09.7107
Fastest Lap
Driver	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing
Time	1:11.2582 (on lap 82 of 85)
Podium
First	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing
Second	Will Power	Penske Racing
Third	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing

The 2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, held on April 19, 2009. The race was contested over 85 laps of the 1.968-mile (3.167 km) street course in Long Beach, California. Dario Franchitti recorded his first win since his 2007 championship win, after benefitting from an early full-course caution, having made a pitstop the lap before.

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	10	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi	85	1:58:47.4658	2	51	52
2	12	Will Power	Team Penske	85	+3.3182	1	16	41
3	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	85	+4.0537	11	7	35
4	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	85	+5.0742	22	0	32
5	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	85	+6.5655	14	0	30
6	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	85	+7.5900	19	6	28
7	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	85	+8.633	8	3	26
8	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo Dragon Racing	85	+9.483	3	2	24
9	06	Robert Doornbos (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	85	+9.958	15	0	22
10	34	Alex Tagliani	Conquest Racing	85	+13.618	9	0	20
11	21	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Vision Racing	85	+15.209	12	0	19
12	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	85	+15.850	7	0	18
13	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	85	+65.101	10	0	17
14	14	Vitor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	84	+ 1 lap	20	0	16
15	9	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi	84	+ 1 lap	6	0	15
16	23	Darren Manning	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	84	+ 1 lap	18	0	14
17	98	Stanton Barrett (R)	Team 3G	84	+ 1 lap	21	0	13
18	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	82	+ 3 laps	23	0	12
19	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	71	Accident	13	0	12
20	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	60	+ 25 laps (Running)	17	0	12
21	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	51	Accident	16	0	12
22	19	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	24	Collision	5	0	12
23	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	16	Collision	4	0	12

Standings after the race

Scott Dixon

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dario Franchitti 84 2 Will Power 69 3 Ryan Briscoe 67 4 Tony Kanaan 65 5 Ryan Hunter-Reay 59 Note: Only the top five positions are included for the of standings. Previous race: 2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg IndyCar Series 2009 season Next race: 2009 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 Previous race: 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Next race: 2010 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach