The 2009 Firestone Indy 300 was the final showdown of the 2009 IndyCar season. This race took place on October 10, at the 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. This race is also the fastest 300 mile oval race in IndyCar history owing to no caution flags.
Grid RowInsideOutside110 Dario Franchitti9 Scott Dixon26 Ryan Briscoe20 Ed Carpenter340202 Alex Lloyd02 Graham Rahal47 Danica Patrick26 Marco Andretti52 Raphael Matos5 Mario Moraes63 Hélio Castroneves43 Tomas Scheckter718 Justin Wilson4 Dan Wheldon811 Tony Kanaan67 Sarah Fisher923 Milka Duno13 E. J. Viso1027 Hideki Mutoh24 Mike Conway1114 Ryan Hunter-Reay33 Robert Doornbos1298 Jaques Lazier
Race All cars utilized Dallara chassis, Honda engines, and Firestone Firehawk tires Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridLaps LedPoints 110 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 200 1:28:28.3117() 1 25 51 26 Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 200 + 4.7888 3 103 42 39 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 + 6.0206 2 70 35 411 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 199 + 1 Lap 15 0 32 53 Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 199 + 1 Lap 11 2 30 627 Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 198 + 2 Laps 19 0 28 75 Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 198 + 2 Laps 10 0 26 840202 Alex Lloyd (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 198 + 2 Laps 5 0 24 943 Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 197 + 3 Laps 12 0 22 1018 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing 197 + 3 Laps 13 0 20 1102 Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 197 + 3 Laps 6 0 19 1220 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 197 + 3 Laps 4 0 18 1314 Ryan Hunter-Reay A. J. Foyt Enterprises 196 + 4 Laps 21 0 17 142 Raphael Matos (R) Luczo-Dragon Racing 196 + 4 Laps 9 0 16 1524 Mike Conway (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 195 + 5 Laps 20 0 15 1613 E. J. Viso HVM Racing 194 + 6 Laps 18 0 14 1723 Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 194 + 6 Laps 17 0 13 1867 Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher Racing 187 + 13 Laps 16 0 12 197 Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 185 + 15 Laps 7 0 12 2033 Robert Doornbos (R) HVM Racing 166 Lost mirror 22 0 12 214 Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 150 Pit lane crash 14 0 12 2226 Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 58 Brakes 8 0 12 2398 Jaques Lazier Team 3G 23 Fuel Pressure 23 0 12 OFFICIAL IRL REPORT Caution flags: none
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