2009 IndyCar Series

2009 IndyCar season
IndyCar Series
Season
Races 17
Start date April 5
End date October 10
Awards
Drivers' champion United Kingdom Dario Franchitti
Rookie of the Year Brazil Raphael Matos
Indianapolis 500 winner Brazil Hélio Castroneves
Chronology
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2008 2010

The 2009 IndyCar Series was the 14th season of the IndyCar Series. The 17-race season began on April 5, and its premier event, the 93rd Indianapolis 500 was held May 24. All races were broadcast on ABC[1] or Versus in high-definition. It represented the 98th recognized season of top-level American open wheel racing.

On July 30, 2008 the 2009 schedule for the IndyCar Series was officially released.[2] New to the schedule were Long Beach and Toronto, with Nashville having been removed to make way for the new events.

Dario Franchitti won his second IndyCar Series championship, putting a disappointing foray into NASCAR in 2008 behind him. Franchitti took his Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara-Honda to victory at Long Beach, Iowa Speedway, Toronto and Infineon Raceway in a season long battle with his Chip Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon and Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe. Dixon led the series heading into the final round, but Franchitti's win at the series finale at Homestead pushed the British driver eleven points clear at season's end.

Dixon, who took five wins, held second place by a solitary point over Briscoe. Briscoe, with three wins, had his best ever season leading Team Penske after Hélio Castroneves's abbreviated start to the season from his tax-evasion trial. The Brazilian recovered by winning his third Indianapolis 500 before taking a win a Texas Motor Speedway a month later.

The Ganassi and Penske teams dominated the season, only two race victories were taken by drivers other than the four regulars from these two teams, and one of them, at Edmonton, was claimed by part-time Penske driver Will Power. The only other winner was Justin Wilson, scoring Dale Coyne Racing's first victory at Watkins Glen.

The Andretti Green Racing team had their first ever season without a win. Drivers Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan and Hideki Mutoh each scored podium finishes, and Patrick finished fifth in the season points, setting a new record for highest points finish by a female driver.

Brazilian racer Raphael Matos claimed rookie of the year honors for the Luczo-Dragon Racing team, finishing thirteenth in the season point score, 29 points clear of Robert Doornbos with a season best result of sixth at Milwaukee.

Originally Honda was supposed to end their IndyCar Series single engine supplier after 2009, but on September 23, 2009, it was confirmed that Honda renewed their single engine supplier until 2011 season.[3]

2009 IndyCar Series schedule

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Time TV
1 April 5 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 p.m. Versus
2 April 19 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 3:30 p.m. Versus
3 April 26 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas 4 p.m. Versus
4 May 24 93rd Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 1 p.m. ABC
5 May 31 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 The Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 3:30 p.m. ABC
6 June 6 Bombardier Learjet 550 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas 9 p.m. Versus
7 June 21 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 1 p.m. ABC
8 June 27 SunTrust Indy Challenge Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia 8 p.m. Versus
9 July 5 Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York 1 p.m. ABC
10 July 12 Honda Indy Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 1 p.m. ABC
11 July 26 Rexall Edmonton Indy Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 5 p.m. Versus
12 August 1 Meijer Indy 300 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky 8 p.m. Versus
13 August 9 Honda 200 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 1 p.m. Versus
14 August 23 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California 5 p.m. Versus
15 August 29 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois 9 p.m. Versus
16 September 18 Indy Japan 300 Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Japan 10:30 p.m. Versus
17 October 10 Firestone Indy 300 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida 4 p.m. Versus
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

Schedule details

Team and Driver Chart

Team No Drivers Rounds
United States Andretti Green Racing 7 United States Danica Patrick All
11 Brazil Tony Kanaan All
25 France Franck Montagny 14
26 United States Marco Andretti All
27 Japan Hideki Mutoh All
United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises 14 Brazil Vitor Meira[6] 1–4
Canada Paul Tracy 5
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 7–17
United States A. J. Foyt IV 6
41 4
United States Conquest Racing 34 Canada Alex Tagliani 1–2, 4, 6, 10–11
France Nelson Philippe[7] 14
Japan Kosuke Matsuura 16
36 Canada Alex Tagliani 4
Brazil Bruno Junqueira 4
United States Dale Coyne Racing 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 2–17
19 1
South Africa Tomas Scheckter 4
United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 23 United Kingdom Darren Manning 1–2
Venezuela Milka Duno 3–4, 6, 9, 12–15, 17
South Africa Tomas Scheckter 5, 7–8, 10–11
United States Roger Yasukawa 16
24 United Kingdom Mike Conway All
43 United States John Andretti 4
South Africa Tomas Scheckter 6, 12, 15–17
44 United States Davey Hamilton 4
United States Hemelgarn Racing 91 United States Buddy Lazier 4
United States HVM Racing 00 France Nelson Philippe 4
13 Venezuela E. J. Viso All
33 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 13–17
United States KV Racing Technology 5 Brazil Mario Moraes 1–12, 14–17
Canada Paul Tracy 13
15 4, 9–11
8 United States Townsend Bell 4
United States Luczo-Dragon Racing 2 Brazil Raphael Matos All
United States Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 02 United States Graham Rahal All
06 Netherlands Robert Doornbos[8] 1–12
Spain Oriol Servià 13–16
40202 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd 17 [9][10]
United States Panther Racing 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon All
16 United States Scott Sharp 4
United States Penske Racing 12 Australia Will Power 2, 4, 10-12, 14
3 Australia Will Power 1
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 2–17
6 Australia Ryan Briscoe All
United States Rahal Letterman Racing 17 Spain Oriol Servià 4
United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports 99 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd 4
United States Sarah Fisher Racing 67 United States Sarah Fisher 3–4, 6, 12, 15, 17[11]
United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing[12] 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon All
10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti All
United States Team 3G 98 United States Stanton Barrett 1–5, 16
United States Jaques Lazier 6–8, 12, 15, 17
United States Richard Antinucci 9–11, 13–14
United States Vision Racing 20 United States Ed Carpenter All
21 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 1–6

Series news

Team and driver news

Testing

The following open tests were held.

Race summaries

Round 1: Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 4 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 100 2:12:26.8387 46
2 14 21 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Vision Racing 100 +0.4619 0
3 2 19 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing 100 +0.9490 52
4 5 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 100 +1.5230 0
5 3 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 100 +2.3214 0
Race average speed: 81.542 mph (131.229 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 28 laps

Round 2: 35th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 2 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 85 1:58:47.4658 51
2 1 12 Australia Will Power Penske Racing 85 +3.3182 16
3 11 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 85 +4.0537 7
4 22 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 85 +5.0742 0
5 14 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 85 +6.5655 0
Race average speed: 84.491 mph (135.975 km/h)
Lead changes: 6 between 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 18 laps

Round 3: RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 4 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 1:43:21.0035 134
2 22 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 200 +0.7104 3
3 8 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 200 +1.5022 0
4 7 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 200 +1.8872 53
5 3 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 200 +2.6502 0
Race average speed: 176.488 mph (284.030 km/h)
Lead changes: 10 between 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 20 laps

Round 4: 93rd Indianapolis 500

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 1 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 200 3:19:34.6427 66
2 18 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 200 +1.9819 0
3 10 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 200 +2.3350 0
4 24 8 United States Townsend Bell KV Racing Technology 200 +2.7043 0
5 9 12 Australia Will Power Penske Racing 200 +3.6216 0
Race average speed: 150.318 mph (241.913 km/h)
Lead changes: 6 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 61 laps

Round 5: ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 4 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 225 1:38:43.9552 27
2 1 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 225 +2.1257 154
3 8 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 225 +2.2644 19
4 2 02 United States Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 225 +2.6744 0
5 7 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 225 +5.9824 0
Race average speed: 138.784 mph (223.351 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 22 laps

Round 6: Bombardier Learjet 550

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 4 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 228 1:55:16.1670 57
2 2 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 228 +0.3904 160
3 3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 228 +2.2461 0
4 8 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 228 +4.3745 0
5 1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 228 +4.7695 10
Race average speed: 172.677 mph (277.897 km/h)
Lead changes: 7 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 26 laps

Round 7: Iowa Corn Indy 250

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 4 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 250 1:39:47.9077 68
2 2 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 250 +5.0132 85
3 11 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 250 +10.9769 0
4 6 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 250 +17.5807 8
5 3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 249 +1 Lap 1
Race average speed: 134.371 mph (216.249 km/h)
Lead changes: 12 between 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 46 laps

Round 8: SunTrust Indy Challenge

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 2 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 300 1:48:02.4703 161
2 1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 300 +0.3109 65
3 5 02 United States Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 300 +2.4085 0
4 8 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 300 +13.5302 74
5 10 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 300 +14.1111 0
Race average speed: 124.952 mph (201.091 km/h)
Lead changes: 3 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 46 laps

Round 9: Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 2 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing 60 1:48:24.1947 49
2 1 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 60 +4.9906 7
3 3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 60 +5.1632 1
4 13 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 60 +7.0755 1
5 8 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 60 +8.5595 2
Race average speed: 111.915 mph (180.110 km/h)
Lead changes: 8 between 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 10 laps

Round 10: Honda Indy Toronto

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 85 1:43:47.1408 45
2 11 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 85 +1.6745 0
3 2 12 Australia Will Power Penske Racing 85 +2.1355 0
4 8 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 85 +2.4803 0
5 4 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing 85 +2.9230 0
Race average speed: 86.240 mph (138.790 km/h)
Lead changes: 7 between 5 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 15 laps

Round 11: Rexall Edmonton Indy

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 1 12 Australia Will Power Penske Racing 95 1:42:42.3773 90
2 3 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 95 +1.0936* 2
3 4 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 95 +1.3213 2
4 2 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 95 +1.8266 1
5 6 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 95 +4.4652 0
Race average speed: 109.498 mph (176.220 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 2 laps

Round 12: Meijer Indy 300

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 3 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 200 1:28:24.3246 38
2 14 20 United States Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 200 +0.0162 35
3 9 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 200 +0.1614 1
4 4 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 200 +0.2728 1
5 10 02 United States Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 200 +0.6346 0
Race average speed: 200.893 mph (323.306 km/h)
Lead changes: 22 between 7 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 6 laps

Round 13: Honda 200

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 85 1:46:05.7985 51
2 1 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 85 +29.7803 6
3 6 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 85 +30.0551 0
4 7 14 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay A. J. Foyt Enterprises 85 +33.7307 0
5 11 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 85 +34.1839 0
Race average speed: 108.541 mph (174.680 km/h)
Lead changes: 5 between 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 6 laps

Round 14: Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 75 1:49:23.0073 75
2 2 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 75 +0.2488 0
3 9 24 United Kingdom Mike Conway (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 75 +0.8293 0
4 14 5 Brazil Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 75 +3.6171 0
5 5 27 Japan Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing 75 +5.4536 0
Race average speed: 94.745 mph (152.477 km/h)
Lead changes: None
Cautions: 2 for 7 laps

Round 15: Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 1 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 200 1:42:34.3051 71
2 6 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +0.0077 61
3 8 5 Brazil Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 200 +0.0699 0
4 3 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +0.0997 34
5 5 02 United States Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 200 +0.1295 0
Race average speed: 177.827 mph (286.185 km/h)
Lead changes: 18 between 6 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 23 laps

Round 16: Indy Japan 300

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 1 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 1:51:37.6411 139
2 3 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +1.4475 53
3 5 02 United States Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 200 +3.2002 3
4 7 06 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 200 +7.3720 0
5 2 5 Brazil Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 200 +12.7643 0
Race average speed: 163.401 mph (262.968 km/h)
Lead changes: 7 between 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 23 laps

Round 17: Firestone Indy 300

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 200 1:28:28.3117 25
2 3 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Penske Racing 200 +4.7888 103
3 2 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 200 +6.0206 70
4 15 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 199 +1 Lap 0
5 11 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Penske Racing 199 +1 Lap 2
Race average speed: 201.420 mph (324.154 km/h)
Lead changes: 12 between 4 drivers
Cautions: None

Season Summary

Race results

Rnd Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team Report
1 St. Petersburg United States Graham Rahal United Kingdom Justin Wilson United Kingdom Justin Wilson Australia Ryan Briscoe United States Penske Racing Report
2 Long Beach Australia Will Power Australia Ryan Briscoe United Kingdom Dario Franchitti United Kingdom Dario Franchitti United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
3 Kansas United States Graham Rahal Australia Ryan Briscoe New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
4 Indianapolis Brazil Hélio Castroneves United Kingdom Dario Franchitti New Zealand Scott Dixon Brazil Hélio Castroneves United States Penske Racing Report
5 Milwaukee Australia Ryan Briscoe New Zealand Scott Dixon Australia Ryan Briscoe New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
6 Texas United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Australia Ryan Briscoe Australia Ryan Briscoe Brazil Hélio Castroneves United States Penske Racing Report
7 Iowa Brazil Hélio Castroneves Japan Hideki Mutoh Australia Ryan Briscoe United Kingdom Dario Franchitti United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
8 Richmond United Kingdom Dario Franchitti New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
9 Watkins Glen Australia Ryan Briscoe Australia Ryan Briscoe United Kingdom Justin Wilson United Kingdom Justin Wilson United States Dale Coyne Racing Report
10 Toronto United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Australia Ryan Briscoe United Kingdom Dario Franchitti United Kingdom Dario Franchitti United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
11 Edmonton Australia Will Power United Kingdom Mike Conway Australia Will Power Australia Will Power United States Penske Racing Report
12 Kentucky New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Ed Carpenter New Zealand Scott Dixon Australia Ryan Briscoe United States Penske Racing Report
13 Mid-Ohio Australia Ryan Briscoe New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
14 Sonoma United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Brazil Hélio Castroneves United Kingdom Dario Franchitti United Kingdom Dario Franchitti United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
15 Chicagoland Australia Ryan Briscoe South Africa Tomas Scheckter Australia Ryan Briscoe Australia Ryan Briscoe United States Penske Racing Report
16 Motegi New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report
17 Homestead United Kingdom Dario Franchitti New Zealand Scott Dixon Australia Ryan Briscoe United Kingdom Dario Franchitti United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing Report

Final driver standings

Pos Driver STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS Pts
1 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 4 1* 18 7 3 5 1 2 15 1* 5 6 3 1* 4 2 1 616
2 New Zealand Scott Dixon 16 15 1* 6* 1 3 5 1* 3 4 3 7*1 1* 13 2 1* 3 605
3 Australia Ryan Briscoe 1 13 4 15 2* 2* 2* 19 2 2 4 1 2 2 1* 18 2* 604
4 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 7 2 1 11 1 71 17 4 18 2 4 12 18 20 10 5 433
5 United States Danica Patrick 19 4 5 3 5 6 9 5 11 6 11 8 19 16 12 6 19 393
6 Brazil Tony Kanaan 5 3 3 27 19 8 14 6 8 17 21 3 10 8 13 11 4 386
7 United States Graham Rahal 7 12 7 31 4 22 11 3 13 20 7 5 8 21 5 3 11 385
8 United States Marco Andretti 13 6 6 30 7 4 12 7 5 8 10 10 6 14 11 7 22 380
9 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 3* 22 14 23 15 15 18 14 1* 5 8 21 13 7 10 12 10 354
10 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon 14 5 10 2 10 7 4 10 10 14 15 11 16 12 22 8 21 354
11 Japan Hideki Mutoh 15 20 8 10 8 21 3 4 18 12 14 13 5 5 23 14 6 353
12 United States Ed Carpenter 18 18 9 8 16 9 10 13 16 15 16 2 17 11 6 13 12 321
13 Brazil Raphael Matos 20 8 20 22 6 12 16 8 12 10 18 16 9 9 9 9 14 312
14 Brazil Mario Moraes 21 19 11 33 9 10 17 16 14 11 23 18 4 3 5 7 304
15 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 2 11 15 32 12 16 19 15 21 7 17 14 4 19 15 21 13 298
16 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 11 9 12 28 14 11 15 9 9 23 9 19 14 10 18 16 20 283
17 United Kingdom Mike Conway 22 21 19 18 20 19 8 18 6 22 20 17 20 3 16 22 15 261
18 Venezuela E. J. Viso 17 23 21 24 18 24 20 12 7 13 12 15 15 22 17 15 16 248
19 Australia Will Power 6 2 5 3 1* 9 DNS 215
20 South Africa Tomas Scheckter 12 13 13 6 11 16 19 22 8 23 9 195
21 Spain Oriol Servià 26 11 6 7 4 115
22 Canada Alex Tagliani 10 10 11 14 9 13 114
23 Canada Paul Tracy 9 17 20 19 6 7 113
24 Venezuela Milka Duno 16 20 23 17 20 21 17 21 17 113
25 United States Sarah Fisher 13 17 17 12 14 18 89
26 United States Jaques Lazier 18 13 20 23 19 23 77
27 United States Richard Antinucci 19 21 22 18 15 63
28 Brazil Vitor Meira 9 14 22 21 62
29 United States Stanton Barrett 12 17 17 DNQ DNS 19 62
30 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd 13 8 41
31 United Kingdom Darren Manning 8 16 38
32 United States Townsend Bell 4 32
33 United States A. J. Foyt IV 16 20 26
34 United States Scott Sharp 14 16
35 France Nelson Philippe 25 DNS 16
36 Japan Kosuke Matsuura 17 13
37 United States John Andretti 19 12
38 France Franck Montagny 20 12
39 United States Roger Yasukawa 20 12
40 United States Davey Hamilton 29 10
Brazil Bruno Junqueira Wth 0
United States Buddy Lazier DNQ 0
Pos Driver STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
(Ret)
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
(2 points)
DNS Any driver who qualifies
but does not start (DNS),
earns half the points
had they taken part.
1 Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

See also

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