The 2009 Indy Japan 300 was the sixteenth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on September 19, 2009 at the Twin Ring Motegi, in Motegi, Japan.
Grid
RowInsideOutside19 Scott Dixon5 Mario Moraes210 Dario Franchitti6 Ryan Briscoe302 Graham Rahal7 Danica Patrick406 Oriol Servià4 Dan Wheldon518 Justin Wilson23 Tomas Scheckter620 Ed Carpenter2 Raphael Matos (R)724 Mike Conway (R)26 Marco Andretti814 Ryan Hunter-Reay34 Kosuke Matsuura943 Roger Yasukawa13 E. J. Viso1033 Robert Doornbos (R)98 Stanton Barrett (R)113 Hélio Castroneves27 Hideki Mutoh1211 Tony Kanaan**
** Note: Kanaan originally qualified 14th, but failed post-qualifying inspection. As a result, Kanaan was forced to start from the rear of the field.
Race
Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 19 Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing 200 1:51:37.6411 1 139 53 210 Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi Racing 200 + 1.4475 3 53 40 302 Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 200 + 3.2002 5 3 35 406 Oriol ServiàNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 200 + 7.3720 7 0 32 55 Mario MoraesKV Racing Technology 200 + 12.7643 2 0 30 67 Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing 200 + 16.1392 6 0 28 726 Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing 200 + 16.6513 14 0 26 84 Dan WheldonPanther Racing 200 + 17.2646 8 0 24 92 Raphael Matos (R)Luczo-Dragon Racing 200 + 17.5790 12 0 22 103 Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing 199 + 1 Lap 21 0 20 1111 Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing 199 + 1 Lap 23 0 19 1218 Justin WilsonDale Coyne Racing 199 + 1 Lap 9 0 18 1320 Ed CarpenterVision Racing 198 + 2 Laps 11 0 17 1427 Hideki MutohAndretti Green Racing 198 + 2 Laps 22 0 16 1513 E. J. VisoHVM Racing 198 + 2 Laps 18 0 15 1633 Robert Doornbos (R)HVM Racing 198 + 2 Laps 19 0 14 1734 Kosuke MatsuuraConquest Racing 195 + 5 Laps 16 0 13 186 Ryan BriscoePenske Racing 185 + 15 Laps 4 5 12 1998 Stanton Barrett (R)Team 3G 182 + 18 Laps 20 0 12 2043 Roger YasukawaDreyer & Reinbold Racing 172 + 28 Laps 17 0 12 2114 Ryan Hunter-ReayA. J. Foyt Enterprises 157 Contact 15 0 12 2224 Mike Conway (R)Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 103 Contact 13 0 12 2323 Tomas ScheckterDreyer & Reinbold Racing 83 Mechanical 10 0 12 OFFICIAL IRL REPORT
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon 570 2 Dario Franchitti 565 3 Ryan Briscoe 562 4 Hélio Castroneves 403 5 Danica Patrick 381
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