2009 SunTrust Indy Challenge

Race 8 of 17

Richmond
300 laps
Time of race: 1:48:02.4703
Average speed of winner: 124.952 mph
Margin of victory: 0.3109 sec.
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 46 laps
Fastest lap: Scott Dixon 162.582
Lap leaders: Franchitti 1-30, Mutoh 31-104, Franchitti 105-139, Dixon 140-300

Race notes: Dario Franchitti took the points lead from Ryan Briscoe.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	166.638	300	1	161	running	35000	52
2	1	Dario Franchitti	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	167.315	300	2	65	running	25000	41
3	5	Graham Rahal	02	McDonald's Racing Team	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	165.218	300	0	0	running	20000	35
4	8	Hideki Mutoh	27	Formula Dream	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	164.575	300	1	74	running	15000	32
5	10	Danica Patrick	7	Boost Mobile/Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	164.197	300	0	0	running	10000	30
6	17	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	162.634	299	0	0	running	0	28
7	16	Marco Andretti	26	Team Venom Energy	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	162.780	299	0	0	running	0	26
8	6	Raphael Matos	2	US Marines Luczo Dragon Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Luczo Dragon	164.928	299	0	0	running	0	24
9	12	Robert Doornbos	06	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	164.071	299	0	0	running	0	22
10	13	Dan Wheldon	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	163.843	299	0	0	running	0	20
11	9	Tomas Scheckter	23	MonaVie/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	164.441	299	0	0	running	0	19
12	7	E.J. Viso	13	PDVSA HVM Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	HVM	164.629	299	0	0	running	0	18
13	14	Ed Carpenter	20	Menards/Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	163.824	299	0	0	running	0	17
14	15	Justin Wilson	18	Z-Line Designs	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	163.506	298	0	0	running	0	16
15	18	Ryan Hunter-Reay	14	ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	162.506	298	0	0	running	0	15
16	19	Mario Moraes	5	KV Racing Technology/Votorantim	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	160.895	297	0	0	running	0	14
17	3	Hélio Castroneves	3	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	165.931	245	0	0	contact	0	13
18	11	Mike Conway	24	Charter/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	164.129	135	0	0	contact	0	12
19	4	Ryan Briscoe	6	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	165.749	26	0	0	contact	0	12
20	20	Jaques Lazier	98	Novicomm LED Lighting Technology	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	3G	153.176	0	0	0	contact	0	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dario Franchitti	279	8	2	2	6	7
2	Scott Dixon	278	8	0	3	5	6
3	Ryan Briscoe	253	8	1	1	5	5
4	Hélio Castroneves	225	7	1	2	3	5
5	Danica Patrick	219	8	0	0	5	7
6	Dan Wheldon	204	8	0	0	3	7
7	Tony Kanaan	190	8	0	0	3	5
8	Marco Andretti	185	8	0	0	1	5
9	Graham Rahal	180	8	2	0	2	4
10	Hideki Mutoh	174	8	0	0	2	5
11	Raphael Matos	144	8	0	0	0	3
12	Ryan Hunter-Reay	143	8	0	0	1	1
13	Ed Carpenter	143	8	0	0	0	4
14	Robert Doornbos	141	8	0	0	0	2
15	Justin Wilson	135	8	0	0	1	1
16	Mario Moraes	122	8	0	0	0	2
17	Mike Conway	108	8	0	0	0	1
18	E.J. Viso	103	8	0	0	0	0
19	Will Power	99	3	1	0	2	3
20	Tomas Scheckter	99	5	0	0	0	1
21	Alex Tagliani	75	4	0	0	0	2
22	Vitor Meira	62	4	0	0	0	1
23	Stanton Barrett	50	4	0	0	0	0
24	Sarah Fisher	43	3	0	0	0	0
25	Jaques Lazier	41	3	0	0	0	0