The Milwaukee Mile * Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Race Date Sunday, May 31, 2009
Pos Car Driver Chassis-Engine Laps Status
1. 4 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 225 Running
2. 1 Ryan Briscoe Dallara-Honda 225 Running
3. 8 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 225 Running
4. 2 Graham Rahal Dallara-Honda 225 Running
5. 7 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 225 Running
6. 9 Raphael Matos Dallara-Honda 225 Running
7. 13 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 225 Running
8. 6 Hideki Mutoh Dallara-Honda 224 Running
9. 5 Mario Moraes Dallara-Honda 224 Running
10. 14 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 224 Running
11. 20 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Honda 222 Running
12. 18 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara-Honda 222 Running
13. 10 Tomas Scheckter Dallara-Honda 222 Running
14. 12 Robert Doornbos Dallara-Honda 220 Running
15. 15 Justin Wilson Dallara-Honda 219 Running
16. 19 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 219 Running
17. 16 Paul Tracy Dallara-Honda 219 Running
18. 17 E.J. Viso Dallara-Honda 175 Mechanical
19. 3 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 132 Mechanical
20. 11 Mike Conway Dallara-Honda 55 Contact
21. DNS Stanton Barrett Dallara-Honda 0 Did Not Start
Race Statistics
Winner's average speed: 138.784 mph
Time of race: 1:38:43.9552
Margin of victory: 2.1257 seconds
Cautions: 2 caution flags for 22 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Lap leaders: Kanaan 1-25, Briscoe 26-132, Dixon 133-134,
Franchitti 135-153, Briscoe 154-200, Dixon 201-225.
Point standings
Dixon 161
Briscoe 157
Franchitti 157
Patrick 139
Castroneves 136
Wheldon 126
Kanaan 122
Rahal 114
Andretti 109
Hunter-Reay 102
INDYCAR SERIES POST-RACE NOTES:
Scott Dixon earns his second victory of the season and his 18th career IndyCar Series victory. He also won at Kansas this season.
Dixon is the first driver to win for the second time in 2009.
Dixon ranks second all-time with 18 victories. With one more victory, he will time Sam Hornish Jr. for the most in IndyCar Series history.
Dixon takes over the points lead. He holds a four-point advantage over Ryan Briscoe and Dario Franchitti. This is the first time he has been in the points lead since the end of last season.
This is the 26th IndyCar Series victory for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, third all-time.
Ryan Briscoe finished second, his third top-five finish of the season.
Briscoe earned three bonus points for winning the pole (1) and leading the most laps (2). He has led laps in four races this season, more than any other driver.
Dario Franchitti finished third, his third top-five finish of the season.
Graham Rahal finished fourth, his first top-five finish since his victory at St. Petersburg last season.
Danica Patrick finished fifth, her fourth consecutive top-five finish. She is the only driver with four top-five finishes this season.
Patrick has four consecutive top-10 finishes at Milwaukee.
Raphael Matos finished a career-best sixth. His previous best was eighth at St. Petersburg.
Marco Andretti finished seventh, his third top-10 finish of the season.
Hideki Mutoh finished eighth, his third consecutive top-10 finish.
Mario Moraes finished ninth, his first top-10 finish of the season.
Dan Wheldon finished 10th, his fourth consecutive top-10 finish. Wheldon has five consecutive top-10 finishes at Milwaukee.
Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves finished 11th.
Tony Kanaan finished 19th, the first time he has finished outside the top four in six races at Milwaukee.
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