2009 Homestead-Miami Speedway

Race details
17th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	October 10, 2009
Official name	Firestone Indy 300
Location	Homestead-Miami Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.485 mi / 2.390 km
Distance	200 laps 297.000 mi / 477.975 km
Weather	89 °F (32 °C), fair
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti ( Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:40.5378 (4 laps), 212.696 mph (342.301 km/h)
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Dixon ( Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	25.4483 (on lap 105 of 200)
Podium
First	Dario Franchitti ( Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Ryan Briscoe ( Penske Racing)
Third	Scott Dixon ( Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2009 Firestone Indy 300 was the final showdown of the 2009 IndyCar season. This 297-mile (478 km) race took place on October 10, at the 1.485-mile (2.390 km) Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida near Miami. The race was telecast by Versus. Scotland's Dario Franchitti benefitted from late pit-stops for rivals Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe to take his second IndyCar Series title by ten points. ^{[1] [2] [3]} This race is also the fastest 300 mile oval race in IndyCar history owing to no caution flags.

Grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	10	Dario Franchitti	9	Scott Dixon
2	6	Ryan Briscoe	20	Ed Carpenter
3	40202	Alex Lloyd	02	Graham Rahal
4	7	Danica Patrick	26	Marco Andretti
5	2	Raphael Matos	5	Mario Moraes
6	3	Hélio Castroneves	43	Tomas Scheckter
7	18	Justin Wilson	4	Dan Wheldon
8	11	Tony Kanaan	67	Sarah Fisher
9	23	Milka Duno	13	E. J. Viso
10	27	Hideki Mutoh	24	Mike Conway
11	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	33	Robert Doornbos
12	98	Jaques Lazier

Race

All cars utilized Dallara chassis, Honda engines, and Firestone Firehawk tires

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	1:28:28.3117 (201.42 mph (324.15 km/h))	1	25	51
2	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	200	+ 4.7888	3	103	42
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	+ 6.0206	2	70	35
4	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	15	0	32
5	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	11	2	30
6	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	19	0	28
7	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	198	+ 2 Laps	10	0	26
8	40202	Alex Lloyd (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	198	+ 2 Laps	5	0	24
9	43	Tomas Scheckter	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	12	0	22
10	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	13	0	20
11	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	6	0	19
12	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	197	+ 3 Laps	4	0	18
13	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	196	+ 4 Laps	21	0	17
14	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	196	+ 4 Laps	9	0	16
15	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	195	+ 5 Laps	20	0	15
16	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	194	+ 6 Laps	18	0	14
17	23	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	194	+ 6 Laps	17	0	13
18	67	Sarah Fisher	Sarah Fisher Racing	187	+ 13 Laps	16	0	12
19	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	185	+ 15 Laps	7	0	12
20	33	Robert Doornbos (R)	HVM Racing	166	Lost mirror	22	0	12
21	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	150	Pit lane crash	14	0	12
22	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	58	Brakes	8	0	12
23	98	Jaques Lazier	Team 3G	23	Fuel Pressure	23	0	12
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

Caution flags: none

References

External links

• Official boxscore