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2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

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. 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.

Race

PosNo.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridLaps LedPoints12345678910111213141516171819202122**Sources:**
**6**AUS Ryan BriscoeTeam Penske1002:12:26.8387446**50**
**21**USA Ryan Hunter-ReayVision Racing100+ 0.4619140**40**
**19**UK Justin WilsonDale Coyne Racing100+ 0.9490252**37**
**10**UK Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi Racing100+ 1.523050**32**
**11**BRA Tony KanaanAndretti Green Racing100+ 2.321430**30**
**3**AUS Will PowerTeam Penske100+ 3.462260**28**
**02**USA Graham RahalNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing100+ 4.067210**27**
**23**UK Darren ManningDreyer & Reinbold Racing100+ 4.7283100**24**
**14**BRA Vítor MeiraA. J. Foyt Enterprises100+ 5.9559170**22**
**34**CAN Alex TaglianiConquest Racing99+ 1 Lap70**20**
**06**NED Robert Doornbos (R)Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing96+ 4 Laps130**19**
**98**USA Stanton Barrett (R)Team 3G96+ 4 Laps210**18**
**26**USA Marco AndrettiAndretti Green Racing94Contact182**17**
**4**UK Dan WheldonPanther Racing86Contact110**16**
**27**JPN Hideki MutohAndretti Green Racing86Contact190**15**
**9**NZL Scott DixonChip Ganassi Racing80Contact80**14**
**13**VEN E. J. VisoHVM Racing75Mechanical160**13**
**20**USA Ed CarpenterVision Racing71Contact220**12**
**7**USA Danica PatrickAndretti Green Racing31Contact150**12**
**2**BRA Raphael Matos (R)Luczo-Dragon Racing31Contact90**12**
**5**BRA Mario MoraesKV Racing Technology31Contact200**12**
**24**UK Mike Conway (R)Dreyer & Reinbold Racing1Contact120**12**
  • The race exceeded road racing's traditional two-hour time limit. No reason was given for this.

References

Name_of_race = 2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | Year_of_race = 2009 | Previous_race_in_season = 2008 Nikon Indy 300 | Next_race_in_season = 2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach | Previous_year's_race = 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | Next_year's_race = 2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

References

  1. Carter, Bill. (April 2, 2009). "IndyCar Series rolls into new 17-race season". [[The San Diego Union-Tribune]].
  2. (September 12, 2009). "Dixon favoured for IRL title repeat". [[Sportsnet]].
  3. Stevens, Mike. (April 6, 2009). "Indy Racing League: Aussie Ryan Briscoe wins in Florida". Drive.
  4. "2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.
  5. "NTT IndyCar Series 2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Classification". Motorsport Stats.
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