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IndyCar Series race number 4 of 17
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:19:35
Average speed: 150.318 mph
Pole speed: 224.864 mph

Cautions: 8 for 61 laps
Margin of victory: 1.982 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 2009 IndyCar Series results / 2009 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	3	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske (Roger Penske)	D/H/F	200	3048005	running	66	51
2	18	4	Dan Wheldon	National Guard (Panther Racing)	D/H/F	200	1258805	running	0	40
3	10	7	Danica Patrick	Boost Mobile / Motorola (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	200	763305	running	0	35
4	24	8	Townsend Bell	Herbalife (KV Racing Technology)	D/H/F	200	445305	running	0	32
5	9	12	Will Power	Verizon Wireless (Roger Penske)	D/H/F	200	345305	running	0	30
6	5	9	Scott Dixon	Target (Chip Ganassi)	D/H/F	200	374155	running	73	30
7	3	10	Dario Franchitti	Target (Chip Ganassi)	D/H/F	200	386305	running	50	26
8	17	20	Ed Carpenter	Menards / Vision Racing (Tony George)	D/H/F	200	302805	running	0	24
9	13	15	Paul Tracy	GEICO (KV Racing Technology)	D/H/F	200	271805	running	0	22
10	16	27	Hideki Mutoh	Formula Dream (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	200	301805	running	0	20
11	33	36	Alex Tagliani	All Sport Body Quencher (Eric Bachelart)	D/H/F	200	295305	running	0	19
12	26	19	Tomas Scheckter	Mona Vie (Dale Coyne)	D/H/F	200	280305	running	0	18
13	11	99	Alex Lloyd	Her CGR / SSM Racing (Chip Ganassi / Sam Schmidt)	D/H/F	200	270305	running	0	17
14	20	16	Scott Sharp	Tequila Patron (Panther Racing)	D/H/F	200	270305	running	0	16
15	2	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske (Roger Penske)	D/H/F	200	349755	running	11	15
16	19	41	A.J. Foyt IV	ABC Supply Co. (A.J. Foyt)	D/H/F	200	271805	running	0	14
17	21	67	Sarah Fisher	Dollar General (Sarah Fisher)	D/H/F	200	270305	running	0	13
18	27	24	Mike Conway	Purex (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/H/F	200	300555	running	0	12
19	28	43	John Andretti	Window World (Richard Petty Motorsports)	D/H/F	200	276805	running	0	12
20	30	23	Milka Duno	Citgo (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/H/F	199	301805	running	0	12
21	14	14	Vitor Meira	ABC Supply Co. (A.J. Foyt)	D/H/F	173	300305	crash	0	12
22	12	2	Raphael Matos	U.S. Air Force (Stephen Luczo / Jay Penske)	D/H/F	173	308305	crash	0	12
23	15	18	Justin Wilson	Z-Line Designs (Dale Coyne)	D/H/F	160	300305	crash	0	12
24	29	13	E.J. Viso	PDVSA / HVM Racing (Keith Wiggins)	D/H/F	139	300305	suspension	0	12
25	31	00	Nelson Philippe	i drive green / HVM Racing (Keith Wiggins)	D/H/F	130	270555	crash	0	10
26	25	17	Oriol Servia	DAFCA (Bobby Rahal / David Letterman)	D/H/F	98	271805	fuel pressure	0	10
27	6	11	Tony Kanaan	7-Eleven (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	97	303305	crash	0	10
28	23	06	Robert Doornbos	Hole in the Wall Camps (Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing)	D/H/F	85	305555	crash	0	10
29	22	44	Davey Hamilton	Hewlett-Packard (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/H/F	79	271805	crash	0	10
30	8	26	Marco Andretti	Venom Energy (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	56	315305	handling	0	10
31	4	02	Graham Rahal	McDonald's (Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing)	D/H/F	55	305805	crash	0	10
32	32	21	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Izod / William Rast / Vision Racing (Tony George)	D/H/F	19	353305	crash	0	10
33	7	5	Mario Moraes	Azul Tequila / Votorantim (KV Racing Technology)	D/H/F	0	301805	crash	0	10

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara
Engine: H - Honda
Tires: F - Firestone

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Alex Tagliani	34	Rexall Edmonton Indy / King Tut	Eric Bachelart
	Buddy Lazier	91	Great Lakes Leasing	Ron Hemelgarn
	Stanton Barrett	98	Curb Records	Curb-Agajanian / 3G Racing
DC	Bruno Junqueira	36	All Sport Body Quencher	Eric Bachelart

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	6	6	#5,26 accident turn 2
	7	20	14
	21	27	7	#21 accident turn 4
	28	56	29
	57	62	6	#02 accident turn 4
	63	82	20
	83	89	7	#44 accident turn 4
	90	97	8
	98	108	11	#11 accident turn 3
	109	131	23
	132	140	9	#00 accident turn 4
	141	160	20
	161	166	6	#18 accident turn 1
	167	173	7
	174	182	9	#2,14 accident turn 1
	183	200	18
Percent of race run under caution: 30.5% Average green flag run: 17.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Helio Castroneves	1	7	7
Dario Franchitti	8	52	45
Ryan Briscoe	53	63	11
Scott Dixon	64	85	22
Dario Franchitti	86	90	5
Scott Dixon	91	141	51
Helio Castroneves	142	200	59

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dario Franchitti	122
2	Helio Castroneves	117	-5
3	Ryan Briscoe	114	-8
4	Scott Dixon	111	-11
5	Tony Kanaan	110	-12
6	Danica Patrick	109	-13
7	Dan Wheldon	106	-16
8	Will Power	99	-23
9	Ryan Hunter-Reay	84	-38
10	Marco Andretti	83	-39
11	Graham Rahal	82	-40
12	Justin Wilson	77	-45
13	Hideki Mutoh	71	-51
14	Ed Carpenter	70	-52
15	Robert Doornbos	69	-53
16	Vitor Meira	62	-60
17	Raphael Matos	60	-62
18	Alex Tagliani	59	-63
19	Mario Moraes	53	-69
20	E.J. Viso	49	-73
21	Mike Conway	48	-74