The 2009 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma was the fourteenth round of the 17-race 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on August 23, 2009 at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Will Power and Nelson Philippe both missed the race, after they were hospitalized after a practice accident on Saturday. Philippe spun at the blind turn 3A, and stalled the car on-track. E. J. Viso hit the Frenchman's car, before Power t-boned it a few seconds later. Power suffered fractures to two lumbar vertebrae, Philippe fractured his left foot and Viso escaped uninjured.
Grid
RowInsideOutside110 Dario Franchitti6 Ryan Briscoe23 Hélio Castroneves26 Marco Andretti327 Hideki Mutoh02 Graham Rahal411 Tony Kanaan25 Franck Montagny (R)524 Mike Conway (R)9 Scott Dixon67 Danica Patrick4 Dan Wheldon713 E. J. Viso5 Mario Moraes833 Robert Doornbos (R)14 Ryan Hunter-Reay906 Oriol Servià2 Raphael Matos (R)1018 Justin Wilson98 Richard Antinucci (R)1120 Ed Carpenter23 Milka Duno
Race
Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 110 Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi Racing 75 1:49:23.0073 1 75 53 26 Ryan BriscoePenske Racing 75 + 0.2488 2 0 40 324 Mike Conway (R)Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 75 + 0.8293 9 0 35 45 Mario MoraesKV Racing Technology 75 + 3.6171 14 0 32 527 Hideki MutohAndretti Green Racing 75 + 5.4536 5 0 30 606 Oriol ServiàNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 75 + 6.3801 17 0 28 718 Justin WilsonDale Coyne Racing 75 + 6.6997 22 0 26 811 Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing 75 + 7.1808 7 0 24 92 Raphael Matos (R)Luczo-Dragon Racing 75 + 8.5936 18 0 22 1033 Robert Doornbos (R)HVM Racing 75 + 10.8175 15 0 20 1120 Ed CarpenterVision Racing 75 + 11.3688 20 0 19 124 Dan WheldonPanther Racing 75 + 12.4000 12 0 18 139 Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing 75 + 13.8968 10 0 17 1426 Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing 75 + 14.8971* 4 0 16 1598 Richard AntinucciTeam 3G 75 + 19.0650 19 0 15 167 Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing 74 + 1 Lap 11 0 14 1723 Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing 71 + 4 Laps 21 0 13 183 Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing 66 Contact 3 0 12 1914 Ryan Hunter-ReayA. J. Foyt Enterprises 65 Mechanical 16 0 12 2025 Franck Montagny (R)Andretti Green Racing 57 Handling 8 0 12 2102 Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 30 Mechanical 6 0 12 2213 E. J. VisoHVM Racing 0 Contact 13 0 12 2312 Will PowerPenske Racing DNS - 23 - 6 2434 Nelson Philippe (R)Conquest Racing DNS - 24 - 6 OFFICIAL IRL REPORT * Marco Andretti was originally scored in eleventh, but was demoted behind Scott Dixon after the pair collided on the final lap.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ryan Briscoe 497 2 Dario Franchitti 493 3 Scott Dixon 477 4 Hélio Castroneves 371 5 Danica Patrick 335
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