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The 2009 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season and took place on July 12, 2009 at the 1.755-mile (2.824 km) Exhibition Place temporary street circuit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dario Franchitti won the race, to join Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon as the only three-time winners in the 2009 season. Franchitti also regained the points lead from Dixon, leading the championship by two points as the championship heads to Edmonton.[2] Ryan Briscoe finished second for the fifth time in the last six races,[3] with Penske Racing teammate Will Power third on his return to the series.

Dario Franchitti - Winner 2009 Honda Indy Toronto

The 2009 race was a resumption of the Toronto Grand Prix after a one-year hiatus due to the unification of the Champ Car World Series into IndyCar during the 2008 season, during which a Toronto Grand Prix was not held due to scheduling conflicts.

Grid

Row Inside Outside
1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 12 Australia Will Power
2 02 United States Graham Rahal 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson
3 34 Canada Alex Tagliani 24 United Kingdom Mike Conway (R)
4 06 Netherlands Robert Doornbos (R) 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon
5 2 Brazil Raphael Matos (R) 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves
6 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe 14 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
7 5 Brazil Mario Moraes 23 South Africa Tomas Scheckter
8 15 Canada Paul Tracy 13 Venezuela E. J. Viso
9 26 United States Marco Andretti 7 United States Danica Patrick
10 20 United States Ed Carpenter 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan
11 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh
12 98 United States Richard Antinucci (R)

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 85 1:43:47.1408 1 45 53
2 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 85 + 1.6745 11 0 40
3 12 Australia Will Power Penske Racing 85 + 2.1355 2 0 35
4 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 85 + 2.4803 8 0 32
5 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing 85 + 2.9230 4 0 30
6 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 85 + 6.4095 18 0 28
7 14 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay A. J. Foyt Enterprises 85 + 7.1837 12 0 26
8 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 85 + 8.2552 17 0 24
9 34 Canada Alex Tagliani Conquest Racing 85 + 13.4745 5 21 22
10 2 Brazil Raphael Matos (R) Luczo-Dragon Racing 85 + 16.0983 9 0 20
11 5 Brazil Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 85 + 19.0141 13 1 19
12 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 84 + 1 Lap 22 0 18
13 13 Venezuela E. J. Viso HVM Racing 84 + 1 Lap 16 0 17
14 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 84 + 1 Lap 21 0 16
15 20 United States Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 82 + 3 Laps 19 0 15
16 23 South Africa Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 74 Contact 14 6 14
17 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 70 Contact 20 0 13
18 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 65 Contact 10 12 12
19 15 Canada Paul Tracy KV Racing Technology 65 Contact 15 0 12
20 02 United States Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 57 Contact 3 0 12
21 98 United States Richard Antinucci (R) Team 3G 41 Mechanical 23 0 12
22 24 United Kingdom Mike Conway (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 32 Contact 6 0 12
23 06 Netherlands Robert Doornbos (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 26 Electrical 7 0 12
OFFICIAL IRL REPORT

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 347
2 New Zealand Scott Dixon 345
3 Australia Ryan Briscoe 334
4 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 269
5 United States Danica Patrick 266

References

  1. ^ "2009 Honda Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  2. ^ Beer, Matt (2009-07-12). "Franchitti wins amid Toronto mayhem". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  3. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (2009-07-12). "Street sense". indycar.com. IndyCar Series. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2009-07-12.


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