Kansas Speedway * Kansas City, Kansas
Race Date Sunday, April 26, 2009
Pos Car Driver Chassis-Engine Laps Status
1. 4 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 200 Running
2. 21 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Honda 200 Running
3. 8 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 200 Running
4. 7 Ryan Briscoe Dallara-Honda 200 Running
5. 3 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 200 Running
6. 5 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 200 Running
7. 1 Graham Rahal Dallara-Honda 200 Running
8. 13 Hideki Mutoh Dallara-Honda 200 Running
9. 10 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 200 Running
10. 9 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 200 Running
11. 6 Mario Moraes Dallara-Honda 200 Running
12. 2 Robert Doornbos Dallara-Honda 199 Running
13. 11 Sarah Fisher Dallara-Honda 199 Running
14. 17 Justin Wilson Dallara-Honda 199 Running
15. 19 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara-Honda 196 Running
16. 12 Milka Duno Dallara-Honda 195 Running
17. 18 Stanton Barrett Dallara-Honda 181 Contact
18. 20 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 151 Contact
19. 16 Mike Conway Dallara-Honda 109 Contact
20. 15 Raphael Matos Dallara-Honda 95 Contact
21. 22 E.J. Viso Dallara-Honda 37 Mechanical
22. 14 Vitor Meira Dallara-Honda 14 Contact
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 176.488 mph
Time of race: 1:43:21.0035
Margin of victory: 0.7104 of a second
Cautions: 3 caution flags for 20 laps
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Lap leaders: Rahal 1-7, Dixon 8-16, Rahal 17, Doornbos 18-19,
Dixon 20-70, Castroneves 71-72, Dixon 73-98, Briscoe 99-151,
Dixon 152-153, Castroneves 154, Dixon 155-200.
Point standings
Kanaan 100
Briscoe 99
Franchitti 96
Dixon 81
Hunter-Reay 74
Patrick 74
Andretti 73
Rahal 72
Power 69
Castroneves 66
INDYCAR SERIES POST-RACE NOTES:
Scott Dixon earned his first win of the season and the 17th of his IndyCar Series career. This is the 49th top-five finish of his career and the 69th top-10 finish of his career.
This is Dixon’s first victory since last season at Kentucky.
Dixon has led 279 of the last 400 laps and 295 of the last 600 laps at Kansas Speedway.
Dixon has led laps in each of the last four races at Kansas, however this is his first victory at the track.
This is the third consecutive victory for Target Chip Ganassi Racing at Kansas. Dan Wheldon won the last two races at the track for the team.
Target Chip Ganassi racing drivers have led 518 of the last 600 laps at Kansas.
Two-time defending race winner Dan Wheldon finished 10th, his second top-10 finish of the season.
Helio Castroneves finished second after starting 21st, nearly duplicating his performance the last time he raced on a 1.5-mile oval. Last September at Chicagoland, Castroneves started 28th and went on to win.
This is Castroneves’ 67th career top-five finish and 90th career top-10 finish.
Tony Kanaan takes over the series points lead with a third-place finish. This is his third top-five finish of the season and the 69th top-five finish of his career, the most in IndyCar Series history.
Ryan Briscoe finished fourth, his second top-five finish of the season.
Polesitter Graham Rahal finished seventh, his best career finish on an oval.
Hideki Mutoh finished eighth, his first top-10 finish since last year at Mid-Ohio.
All four Andretti Green Racing cars finished in the top 10 for the first time since Milwaukee 2006 when Tony Kanaan finished first, Marco Andretti fifth, Dario Franchitti sixth and Bryan Herta seventh.
Ed Carpenter finished ninth, his first top-10 since last year at Kentucky.
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