2009 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 USA Sonoma Infineon (Sears Point) with emphasis on Moto-IRL track.svg August 23 2009 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma 14th IndyCar Series Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California Permanent racing facility 2.303 3.706 75 172.725 277.950 69 F, fair Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 1:16.7987 UK Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 1:18.8427 35 BRA Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing UK Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing AUS Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold UK 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 2.303 mi km on 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.http://www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=14951 Drivers hospitalized indycar.com IndyCar Series 2009-08-22 2009-08-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120314143227/http://www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=14951 2012-03-14 live Grid RowInsideOutside110UK Dario Franchitti6AUS Ryan Briscoe23BRA Hélio Castroneves26USA Marco Andretti327JPN Hideki Mutoh02USA Graham Rahal411BRA Tony Kanaan25FRA Franck Montagny (R)524UK Mike Conway (R)9NZL Scott Dixon67USA Danica Patrick4GBR Dan Wheldon713VEN E. J. Viso5BRA Mario Moraes833NED Robert Doornbos (R)14USA Ryan Hunter-Reay906Spain Oriol Servià2BRA Raphael Matos (R)1018UK Justin Wilson98USA Richard Antinucci (R)1120USA Ed Carpenter23VEN Milka Duno Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 110UK Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi Racing 75 1:49:23.0073 1 75 53 26AUS Ryan BriscoePenske Racing 75 + 0.2488 2 0 40 324UK Mike Conway (R)Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 75 + 0.8293 9 0 35 45BRA Mario MoraesKV Racing Technology 75 + 3.6171 14 0 32 527JPN Hideki MutohAndretti Green Racing 75 + 5.4536 5 0 30 606ESP Oriol ServiàNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 75 + 6.3801 17 0 28 718UK Justin WilsonDale Coyne Racing 75 + 6.6997 22 0 26 811BRA Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing 75 + 7.1808 7 0 24 92BRA Raphael Matos (R)Luczo-Dragon Racing 75 + 8.5936 18 0 22 1033NED Robert Doornbos (R)HVM Racing 75 + 10.8175 15 0 20 1120USA Ed CarpenterVision Racing 75 + 11.3688 20 0 19 124UK Dan WheldonPanther Racing 75 + 12.4000 12 0 18 139NZ Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing 75 + 13.8968 10 0 17 1426USA Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing 75 + 14.8971* 4 0 16 1598USA Richard AntinucciTeam 3G 75 + 19.0650 19 0 15 167USA Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing 74 + 1 Lap 11 0 14 1723VEN Milka DunoDreyer & Reinbold Racing 71 + 4 Laps 21 0 13 183BRA Hélio CastronevesPenske Racing 66 Contact 3 0 12 1914USA Ryan Hunter-ReayA. J. Foyt Enterprises 65 Mechanical 16 0 12 2025FRA Franck Montagny (R)Andretti Green Racing 57 Handling 8 0 12 2102USA Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 30 Mechanical 6 0 12 2213VEN E. J. VisoHVM Racing 0 Contact 13 0 12 2312AUS Will PowerPenske Racing DNS - 23 - 6 2434FRA 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 AUS Ryan Briscoe 497 2 UK Dario Franchitti 493 3 NZL Scott Dixon 477 4 BRA Hélio Castroneves 371 5 USA Danica Patrick 335 References Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma 2009 2009 Honda Indy 200 2009 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 2008 Peak Antifreeze Indy Grand Prix 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Category:Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma