2009 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 93rd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 24, 2009. It was the 14th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and the premier event of the 2009 IndyCar Series season.
Hélio Castroneves, a native of Brazil, won the race from the pole position, his third Indy 500 victory. He became the first foreign-born three-time winner of the race, and tied a record by winning the race three times in the same decade (2001, 2002, 2009). The win was car owner Roger Penske's 15th Indy 500 triumph, extending his team's own record. Former winner Dan Wheldon of England came second, with Danica Patrick third, the best finish ever by a female driver. There were eight crashes, with Vitor Meira and Tony Kanaan both suffering non-permanent injuries.
The 2009 Indianapolis 500 began a three-year Centennial Era celebration which marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 2011 marked the 100th anniversary of the first Indy 500.
The victory by Castroneves marked the milestone 60th Indianapolis 500 victory for Firestone. It came less than two months after Castroneves was acquitted of federal charges of tax evasion and conspiracy. The IRS filed the charges again Castroneves in the fall of 2008, and the trial was held in March 2009 at the U.S. District Court in Miami. A guilty verdict in the trial would have likely sent Castroneves to prison, and ended his driving career. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Indianapolis_500

Starting Lineup:

Row	Inside		Middle		Outside
1	3	Hélio Castroneves (W)	6	Ryan Briscoe	10	Dario Franchitti (W)
2	02	Graham Rahal	9	Scott Dixon (W)	11	Tony Kanaan
3	5	Mario Moraes	26	Marco Andretti	12	Will Power
4	7	Danica Patrick	99	Alex Lloyd	2	Raphael Matos (R)
5	15	Paul Tracy	14	Vitor Meira	18	Justin Wilson
6	27	Hideki Mutoh	20	Ed Carpenter	4	Dan Wheldon (W)
7	41	A. J. Foyt IV	16	Scott Sharp	67	Sarah Fisher
8	44	Davey Hamilton	06	Robert Doornbos (R)	8	Townsend Bell
9	17	Oriol Servià	19	Tomas Scheckter	24	Mike Conway (R)
10	43	John Andretti	13	E. J. Viso	23	Milka Duno
11	00	Nelson Philippe (R)	21	Ryan Hunter-Reay	36	Alex Tagliani (R)1

Other Drivers on Entry List:

Bruno Junqueira

Buddy Lazier

Stanton Barrett

Lap-By-Lap Summery:

Caution #1 Car #5 Mario Moraes, and Car #26 Marco Andretti Crashed in Turns 1 and 2; Helio Castroneves Leads lap 1

Lap 6: Green Flag 

Lap 8: Dario Franchitti Took the lead

Lap 21: Caution #2 Car #21 Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed in Turn 4; the car ended up in Pit Road

Lap 27: Green Flag 

Lap 53: Ryan Briscoe Took the lead

Lap 57: Caution #3 Car #02 Graham Rahal crashed in Turn 4

Lap 62: Green Flag  

Lap 64: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 83: Caution #4 Car #44 Davey Hamilton Crashed in Turn 4

Lap 86: Dario Franchitti Took the lead

Lap 89: Green Flag 

Lap 91: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 98: Caution #5 Car #11 Tony Kanaan HARD CRASH in Turn 3

Lap 108: Green Flag 

Lap 132: Caution #6 Car #00 Nelson Philippe Brushed the wall in Turn 4

Lap 140: Green Flag 

Lap 142: Helio Castroneves Took the lead

Lap 161: Caution #7 Car #18 Justin Wilson Crashed in Turns 1 and 2

Lap 166: Green Flag 

Lap 174: Caution #8 Car #2 Raphael Matos, and Car #14 Vitor Meira VERY BAD CRASH in turns 1 and 2

Lap 182: Green Flag 

Lap 200: Checkered Flag: Helio Castroneves wins his Third Indy 500.      

Race Results:

Finish	Driver	Laps	Status	Prize Money
1	Helio Castroneves	200	150.318	$3,048,005
2	Dan Wheldon	200	150.293	$1,258,805
3	Danica Patrick	200	150.288	$763,305
4	Townsend Bell	200	150.284	$445,305
5	Will Power	200	150.272	$345,305
6	Scott Dixon	200	150.264	$374,155
7	Dario Franchitti	200	150.256	$386,305
8	Ed Carpenter	200	150.249	$302,805
9	Paul Tracy	200	150.236	$271,805
10	Hideki Mutoh	200	150.226	$301,805
11	Alex Tagliani	200	150.186	$295,305
12	Tomas Scheckter	200	150.18	$280,305
13	Alex Lloyd	200	150.177	$270,305
14	Scott Sharp	200	150.174	$270,305
15	Ryan Briscoe	200	150.159	$349,755
16	A.J. Foyt IV	200	150.123	$271,805
17	Sarah Fisher	200	150.117	$270,305
18	Mike Conway	200	150.113	$300,555
19	John Andretti	200	150.091	$276,805
20	Milka Duno	199	Running	$301,805
21	Vitor Meira	173	Contact	$300,305
22	Raphael Matos	173	Contact	$308,305
23	Justin Wilson	160	Contact	$300,305
24	E.J. Viso	139	Mechanical	$300,305
25	Nelson Philippe	130	Contact	$270,555
26	Oriol Servia	98	Mechanical	$271,805
27	Tony Kanaan	97	Contact	$303,305
28	Robert Doornbos	85	Contact	$305,555
29	Davey Hamilton	79	Contact	$271,805
30	Marco Andretti	56	Handling	$315,305
31	Graham Rahal	55	Contact	$305,805
32	Ryan Hunter-Reay	19	Contact	$353,305
33	Mario Moraes	0	Contact	$301,805