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
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Briscoe (Penske Racing)
Time	1:41.6327 (4 laps)
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 & Motor Oil 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.

Grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	6	Ryan Briscoe	3	Hélio Castroneves
2	10	Dario Franchitti	11	Tony Kanaan
3	02	Graham Rahal	9	Scott Dixon
4	26	Marco Andretti	5	Mario Moraes
5	06	Oriol Servià	7	Danica Patrick
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	+ 0.0699	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