2009 Indy Japan 300

Race 16 of 17

Motegi
200 laps
Time of race: 1:51:37.6411
Average speed of winner: 163.401 mph
Margin of victory: 1.4475 sec.
Lead changes: 7 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Scott Dixon 197.761
Lap leaders: Dixon 1-49, Franchitti 50-102, Briscoe 103-106, Dixon 107, Briscoe 108, Dixon 109-160, Rahal 161-163, Dixon 164-200

Race notes: Finale for Stanton Barrett and Kosuke Matsuura. Scott Dixon took the points lead from Ryan Briscoe.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	202.031	200	4	139	running	35000	53
2	3	Dario Franchitti	10	Lifelock	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	201.395	200	1	53	running	25000	40
3	5	Graham Rahal	02	McDonald's Racing Team	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	200.649	200	1	3	running	20000	35
4	7	Oriol Servià	06	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Newman-Haas	199.703	200	0	0	running	15000	32
5	2	Mario Moraes	5	Azul Tequila/Votorantim/KVRT	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	KV	201.504	200	0	0	running	10000	30
6	6	Danica Patrick	7	Boost Mobile/Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	200.519	200	0	0	running	0	28
7	14	Marco Andretti	26	Team Venom Energy	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	198.557	200	0	0	running	0	26
8	8	Dan Wheldon	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	199.693	200	0	0	running	0	24
9	12	Raphael Matos	2	US Marines Luczo Dragon Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Luczo Dragon	198.907	200	0	0	running	0	22
10	21	Hélio Castroneves	3	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske		199	0	0	running	0	20
11	23	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		199	0	0	running	0	19
12	9	Justin Wilson	18	Z-Line Designs	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	199.489	199	0	0	running	0	18
13	11	Ed Carpenter	20	Vision/William Rast/Lilly Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	199.164	198	0	0	running	0	17
14	22	Hideki Mutoh	27	Formula Dream	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		198	0	0	running	0	16
15	18	E.J. Viso	13	PDVSA HVM Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	HVM	197.443	198	0	0	running	0	15
16	19	Robert Doornbos	33	HVM Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	HVM	196.756	198	0	0	running	0	14
17	16	Kosuke Matsuura	34	Click Securities/Conquest Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Conquest	197.921	195	0	0	running	0	13
18	4	Ryan Briscoe	6	Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	200.849	185	2	5	running	0	12
19	20	Stanton Barrett	98	Interush Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	3G	190.878	182	0	0	running	0	12
20	17	Roger Yasukawa	43	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	197.498	172	0	0	contact	0	12
21	15	Ryan Hunter-Reay	14	ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	198.226	157	0	0	contact	0	12
22	13	Mike Conway	24	Charter Media/Dreyer & Reinbold	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	198.858	103	0	0	contact	0	12
23	10	Tomas Scheckter	23	Mona Vie/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	199.354	83	0	0	mechanical	0	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Scott Dixon	570	16	1	5	11	13
2	Dario Franchitti	565	16	4	4	12	14
3	Ryan Briscoe	562	16	4	3	12	12
4	Hélio Castroneves	403	15	1	2	6	9
5	Danica Patrick	381	16	0	0	5	10
6	Marco Andretti	368	16	0	0	2	11
7	Graham Rahal	366	16	2	0	5	9
8	Tony Kanaan	354	16	0	0	4	9
9	Dan Wheldon	342	16	0	0	3	9
10	Justin Wilson	334	16	0	1	3	6
11	Hideki Mutoh	325	16	0	0	4	7
12	Ed Carpenter	303	16	0	0	1	6
13	Raphael Matos	296	16	0	0	0	8
14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	278	16	0	0	2	3
15	Mario Moraes	278	15	0	0	3	5
16	Robert Doornbos	271	16	0	0	0	5
17	Mike Conway	246	16	0	0	1	3
18	E.J. Viso	234	16	0	0	0	1
19	Will Power	215	7	2	1	4	6
20	Tomas Scheckter	173	10	0	0	0	2
21	Oriol Servià	115	5	0	0	1	3
22	Alex Tagliani	114	6	0	0	0	3
23	Paul Tracy	113	6	0	0	0	3
24	Milka Duno	100	8	0	0	0	0
25	Sarah Fisher	77	5	0	0	0	0