The 2009 Honda Indy 200 presented by Westfield Insurance was the thirteenth round of the 17-race 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 9, 2009 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
The race saw the return of Oriol Servià, who replaced Robert Doornbos in the #06 Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing machine. Doornbos moved to the #33 car run by HVM Racing, with whom he had success in the 2007 Champ Car season. Paul Tracy replaced Mario Moraes in the #5 car for KV Racing Technology, as Moraes was in Brazil following the death of his father.
Scott Dixon won his 20th IRL-sanctioned race after dominating the race for the last 49 laps, winning by nearly half a minute from championship rivals Ryan Briscoe and Dario Franchitti. Dixon's win gave him the championship lead by three points from Briscoe and also saw him surpass Sam Hornish Jr.'s tally of 19 career IRL victories.
Grid
RowInsideOutside16 Ryan Briscoe18 Justin Wilson29 Scott Dixon02 Graham Rahal33 Hélio Castroneves10 Dario Franchitti414 Ryan Hunter-Reay11 Tony Kanaan513 E. J. Viso5 Paul Tracy627 Hideki Mutoh7 Danica Patrick726 Marco Andretti06 Oriol Servià82 Raphael Matos (R)24 Mike Conway (R)94 Dan Wheldon33 Robert Doornbos (R)1098 Richard Antinucci (R)23 Milka Duno1120 Ed Carpenter
Race
Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 19 Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing 851:46:05.7985 3 51 52 26 Ryan BriscoePenske Racing 85+ 29.7803 1 6 41 310 Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi Racing 85+ 30.0551 6 0 35 414 Ryan Hunter-ReayA. J. Foyt Enterprises 85+ 33.7307 7 0 32 527 Hideki MutohAndretti Green Racing 85+ 34.1839 11 0 30 626 Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing 85+ 46.7669 13 0 28 75 Paul TracyKV Racing Technology 85+ 49.7020 10 0 26 802 Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 85+ 50.4517 4 0 24 92 Raphael Matos (R)Luczo-Dragon Racing 85+ 51.2286 15 0 22 1011 Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing 85+ 52.0810 8 0 20 1106 Oriol ServiàNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 85+ 52.6215 14 0 19 123 Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing 85+ 53.2362 5 0 18 1318 Justin WilsonDale Coyne Racing 85+ 53.5768 2 28 17 1433 Robert Doornbos (R)HVM Racing 85+ 1:10.0812 18 0 16 1513 E. J. VisoHVM Racing 84 + 1 Lap 9 0 15 164 Dan WheldonPanther Racing 84 + 1 Lap 17 0 14 1720 Ed CarpenterVision Racing 84 + 1 Lap 21 0 13 1898 Richard AntinucciTeam 3G 83 + 2 Laps 19 0 12 197 Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing 83 + 2 Laps 12 0 12 2024 Mike Conway (R)Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 69 Mechanical 16 0 12 2123 Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing 56 Handling 20 0 12 OFFICIAL IRL REPORT
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon 460 2 Ryan Briscoe 457 3 Dario Franchitti 440 4 Hélio Castroneves 359 5 Danica Patrick 321
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