2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

March 2026 February 2025 USA St. Petersburg St. Petersburg street & airport racing circuit.svg April 5 2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 1st IndyCar Series Streets of St. Petersburg Temporary Street Circuit 1.800 2.897 100 180.000 289.682 86 F, Sunny Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 1:02.4110 USA Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing 1:03.2440 54 UK Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing Australia Ryan Hunter-Reay Vision Racing USA Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing UK 2008 2010 The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the opening round of the 2009 IndyCar Series on April 5, 2009. It was the first time in IndyCar Series history that the season begins on a road course and not an oval. The race saw 4 drivers make their debuts in the championship: Stanton Barrett, Mike Conway, Robert Doornbos and Raphael Matos.Carter Bill IndyCar Series rolls into new 17-race season https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-1s2motors222934-indycar-series-rolls-new-17-race-s-2009apr02-htmlstory.html The San Diego Union-Tribune April 2, 2009 May 20, 2024Dixon favoured for IRL title repeat https://www.sportsnet.ca/auto-racing/dixon-irl-preview/ Sportsnet September 12, 2009 May 20, 2024 The race was contested over 100 laps of the 1.80 mile street course. Graham Rahal started from the pole but a poor start meant that he dropped back and out of contention for the victory. Defending champion Scott Dixon crashed out on lap 80, a poor start to his defence of the title, which left Penske's Ryan Briscoe to take the chequered flag from Ryan Hunter-Reay who finished 2nd and Justin Wilson who came home 3rd.Stevens Mike Indy Racing League: Aussie Ryan Briscoe wins in Florida https://www.drive.com.au/news/indy-racing-league-aussie-ryan-briscoe-wins-in-florida/ Drive April 6, 2009 May 20, 2024 Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 16AUS Ryan BriscoeTeam Penske1002:12:26.838744650 221USA Ryan Hunter-ReayVision Racing100+ 0.461914040 319UK Justin WilsonDale Coyne Racing100+ 0.949025237 410UK Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi Racing100+ 1.52305032 511BRA Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing100+ 2.32143030 63AUS Will PowerTeam Penske100+ 3.46226028 702USA Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing100+ 4.06721027 823UK Darren ManningDreyer & Reinbold Racing100+ 4.728310024 914BRA Vítor MeiraA. J. Foyt Enterprises100+ 5.955917022 1034CAN Alex TaglianiConquest Racing99+ 1 Lap 7020 1106NED Robert Doornbos (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing96+ 4 Laps13019 1298USA Stanton Barrett (R)Team 3G96+ 4 Laps21018 1326USA Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing94Contact18217 144UK Dan WheldonPanther Racing86Contact11016 1527JPN Hideki MutohAndretti Green Racing86Contact19015 169NZL Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing80Contact8014 1713VEN E. J. VisoHVM Racing75Mechanical16013 1820USA Ed CarpenterVision Racing71Contact22012 197USA Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing31Contact15012 202BRA Raphael Matos (R)Luczo-Dragon Racing31Contact9012 215BRA Mario MoraesKV Racing Technology31Contact20012 2224UK Mike Conway (R)Dreyer & Reinbold Racing1Contact12012 Sources:2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2009_Honda_Grand_Prix_of_St._Petersburg/O/ Racing-Reference NASCAR Digital Media, LLC May 20, 2024NTT IndyCar Series 2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Classification https://motorsportstats.com/results/ntt-indycar-series/2009/honda-grand-prix-of-st-petersburg/classification Motorsport Stats May 20, 2024 The race exceeded road racing's traditional two-hour time limit. No reason was given for this. References 2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2009 2008 Nikon Indy 300 2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Category:Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Category:2000s in St. Petersburg, Florida