Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida
Race Date Sunday, April 5, 2009
Pos Car Driver Chassis-Engine Laps Status
1. 4 Ryan Briscoe Dallara-Honda 100 Running
2. 14 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara-Honda 100 Running
3. 2 Justin Wilson Dallara-Honda 100 Running
4. 5 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 100 Running
5. 3 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 100 Running
6. 6 Will Power Dallara-Honda 100 Running
7. 1 Graham Rahal Dallara-Honda 100 Running
8. 10 Darren Manning Dallara-Honda 100 Running
9. 17 Vitor Meira Dallara-Honda 100 Running
10. 7 Alex Tagliani Dallara-Honda 99 Running
11. 13 Robert Doornbos Dallara-Honda 96 Running
12. 21 Stanton Barrett Dallara-Honda 96 Running
13. 18 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 94 Contact
14. 11 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 86 Contact
15. 19 Hideki Mutoh Dallara-Honda 86 Contact
16. 8 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 80 Contact
17. 16 E.J. Viso Dallara-Honda 75 Mechanical
18. 22 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 71 Contact
19. 15 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 31 Contact
20. 9 Raphael Matos Dallara-Honda 31 Contact
21. 20 Mario Moraes Dallara-Honda 31 Contact
22. 12 Mike Conway Dallara-Honda 1 Contact
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 81.542 mph
Time of race: 2:12:26.8387
Margin of victory: 0.4619 of a second
Cautions: 7 caution flags for 28 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers
Lap leaders: Wilson 1-34, Briscoe 35-66, Wilson 67-69,
Andretti 70-71, Wilson 72-86, Briscoe 87-100.
Point standings
Briscoe 50
Hunter-Reay 40
Wilson 37
Franchitti 32
Kanaan 30
Power 28
Rahal 27
Manning 24
Meira 22
Tagliani 20
INDYCAR SERIES POST-RACE NOTES:
Ryan Briscoe wins his third IndyCar Series race. His other victories came at Milwaukee and Mid-Ohio last year. Briscoe also won the non-points race at Surfers Paradise after the 2008 season.
This is the 30th IndyCar Series victory for Team Penske.
This is the third time a Team Penske driver has won in the five events at St. Petersburg. Helio Castroneves won in 2006 and 2007.
Ryan Hunter-Reay finished second, his second career top-five finish in 24 starts. He won last year at Watkins Glen.
Hunter-Reay recorded the best finish in Vision Racing history. The team’s previous best was third at Kentucky in 2007 with A.J. Foyt IV and at Milwaukee in 2006 with Tomas Scheckter.
Justin Wilson finished third, his third career top-five finish.
Wilson recorded Dale Coyne Racing’s best finish in the IndyCar Series. Its previous best was sixth at Watkins Glen last year with Bruno Junqueira.
Dario Franchitti finished fourth, his fifth consecutive top-10 finish in the IndyCar Series dating back to Kentucky 2007.
Tony Kanaan finished fifth, his 67th career top-five finish. He is the all-time leader in top-five finishes. He had been tied with Helio Castroneves.
This is Kanaan’s fourth consecutive top-five finish, dating back to Infineon 2008.
Kanaan has never finished outside of the top five at St. Petersburg.
The top five finishers came from five different teams.
Will Power finished sixth in his Team Penske debut. Power has three consecutive top-10 finishes dating to Belle Isle 2008.
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