2009 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Race 1 of 17

St. Petersburg
100 laps
Time of race: 2:12:26.8387
Average speed of winner: 81.542 mph
Margin of victory: 0.4619 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 28 laps
Fastest lap: Justin Wilson 102.460
Lap leaders: Rahal pole, Wilson 1-34, Briscoe 35-66, Wilson 67-69, Andretti 70-71, Wilson 72-86, Briscoe 87-100

Race notes: First pole for Graham Rahal. Debut for Stanton Barrett, Mike Conway, Robert Doornbos, and Raphael Matos.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Ryan Briscoe	6	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	103.564	100	2	46	running	35000	50
2	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	21	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	102.821	100	0	0	running	25000	40
3	2	Justin Wilson	19	Sonny's Bar-B-Q	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	103.746	100	3	52	running	20000	37
4	5	Dario Franchitti	10	Air Wick	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	103.361	100	0	0	running	15000	32
5	3	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	103.629	100	0	0	running	10000	30
6	6	Will Power	3	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	103.289	100	0	0	running	0	28
7	1	Graham Rahal	02	McDonald's Racing Team	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	103.828	100	0	0	running	0	27
8	10	Darren Manning	23	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	102.364	100	0	0	running	0	24
9	17	Vitor Meira	14	ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	102.999	100	0	0	running	0	22
10	7	Alex Tagliani	34	Rexall Edmonton Indy	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Conquest	103.357	99	0	0	running	0	20
11	13	Robert Doornbos	06	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	103.196	96	0	0	running	0	19
12	21	Stanton Barrett	98	CURB/Agajanian/Team 3G	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	3G	97.307	96	0	0	running	0	18
13	18	Marco Andretti	26	Andretti Green	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	102.264	94	1	2	contact	0	17
14	11	Dan Wheldon	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	102.090	86	0	0	contact	0	16
15	19	Hideki Mutoh	27	Formula Dream	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	102.321	86	0	0	contact	0	15
16	8	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	102.875	80	0	0	contact	0	14
17	16	E.J. Viso	13	PDVSA HVM Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	HVM	102.759	75	0	0	mechanical	0	13
18	22	Ed Carpenter	20	Menards/Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	100.869	71	0	0	contact	0	12
19	15	Danica Patrick	7	Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	103.141	31	0	0	contact	0	12
20	9	Raphael Matos	2	Luczo Dragon Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Luczo Dragon	102.638	31	0	0	contact	0	12
21	20	Mario Moraes	5	KV Racing Technology/Votorantim	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	102.124	31	0	0	contact	0	12
22	12	Mike Conway	24	Dad's Root Beer Dreyer & Reinbold	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold		1	0	0	contact	0	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Ryan Briscoe	50	1	0	1	1	1
2	Ryan Hunter-Reay	40	1	0	0	1	1
3	Justin Wilson	37	1	0	0	1	1
4	Dario Franchitti	32	1	0	0	1	1
5	Tony Kanaan	30	1	0	0	1	1
6	Will Power	28	1	0	0	0	1
7	Graham Rahal	27	1	1	0	0	1
8	Darren Manning	24	1	0	0	0	1
9	Vitor Meira	22	1	0	0	0	1
10	Alex Tagliani	20	1	0	0	0	1
11	Robert Doornbos	19	1	0	0	0	0
12	Stanton Barrett	18	1	0	0	0	0
13	Marco Andretti	17	1	0	0	0	0
14	Dan Wheldon	16	1	0	0	0	0
15	Hideki Mutoh	15	1	0	0	0	0
16	Scott Dixon	14	1	0	0	0	0
17	E.J. Viso	13	1	0	0	0	0
18	Ed Carpenter	12	1	0	0	0	0
19	Danica Patrick	12	1	0	0	0	0
20	Raphael Matos	12	1	0	0	0	0
21	Mario Moraes	12	1	0	0	0	0
22	Mike Conway	12	1	0	0	0	0