2009 Honda 200
Introduction 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 RowInsideOutside1'''6''' Ryan Briscoe'''18''' Justin Wilson2'''9''' Scott Dixon'''02''' Graham Rahal3'''3''' Hélio Castroneves'''10''' Dario Franchitti4'''14''' Ryan Hunter-Reay'''11''' Tony Kanaan5'''13''' E. J. Viso'''5''' Paul Tracy6'''27''' Hideki Mutoh'''7''' Danica Patrick7'''26''' Marco Andretti'''06''' Oriol Servià8'''2''' Raphael Matos (R)'''24''' Mike Conway (R)9'''4''' Dan Wheldon'''33''' Robert Doornbos (R)10'''98''' Richard Antinucci (R)'''23''' Milka Duno11'''20''' Ed Carpenter
Race  Pos  No. Driver  Team  Laps  Time/Retired  Grid  Laps Led  Points 1'''9''' Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing 851:46:05.7985 3 51 '''52''' 2'''6''' Ryan BriscoePenske Racing 85+ 29.7803 1 6 '''41''' 3'''10''' Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi Racing 85+ 30.0551 6 0 '''35''' 4'''14''' Ryan Hunter-ReayA. J. Foyt Enterprises 85+ 33.7307 7 0 '''32''' 5'''27''' Hideki MutohAndretti Green Racing 85+ 34.1839 11 0 '''30''' 6'''26''' Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing 85+ 46.7669 13 0 '''28''' 7'''5''' Paul TracyKV Racing Technology 85+ 49.7020 10 0 '''26''' 8'''02''' Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 85+ 50.4517 4 0 '''24''' 9'''2''' Raphael Matos (R)Luczo-Dragon Racing 85+ 51.2286 15 0 '''22''' 10'''11''' Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing 85+ 52.0810 8 0 '''20''' 11'''06''' Oriol ServiàNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 85+ 52.6215 14 0 '''19''' 12'''3''' Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing 85+ 53.2362 5 0 '''18''' 13'''18''' Justin WilsonDale Coyne Racing 85+ 53.5768 2 28 '''17''' 14'''33''' Robert Doornbos (R)HVM Racing 85+ 1:10.0812 18 0 '''16''' 15'''13''' E. J. VisoHVM Racing 84 + 1 Lap 9 0 '''15''' 16'''4''' Dan WheldonPanther Racing 84 + 1 Lap 17 0 '''14''' 17'''20''' Ed CarpenterVision Racing 84 + 1 Lap 21 0 '''13''' 18'''98''' Richard AntinucciTeam 3G 83 + 2 Laps 19 0 '''12''' 19'''7''' Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing 83 + 2 Laps 12 0 '''12''' 20'''24''' Mike Conway (R)Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 69 Mechanical 16 0 '''12''' 21'''23''' 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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