2009 Indy Japan 300
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DateSeptember 19, 2009
Official nameIndy Japan 300
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.520 mi / 2.446 km
1.520 mi / 2.446 km
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 16th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | September 19, 2009 |
| Official name | Indy Japan 300 |
| Location | Twin Ring Motegi |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.520 mi / 2.446 km |
| Distance | 200 laps 304.000 mi / 489.241 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 1:48.3400 (4 laps) |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 27.6698 (on lap 174 of 200) |
| Podium | |
| First | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second |  Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third |  Graham Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan) |
The 2009 Indy Japan 300 was the sixteenth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on September 19, 2009 at the 1.520-mile (2.446 km) Twin Ring Motegi, in Motegi, Japan.[1]
| Row | Inside | Outside | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon |
5 |  Mario Moraes |
| 2 | 10 | Dario Franchitti |
6 |  Ryan Briscoe |
| 3 | 02 | Graham Rahal |
7 | Danica Patrick |
| 4 | 06 |  Oriol Servià |
4 |  Dan Wheldon |
| 5 | 18 | Justin Wilson |
23 |  Tomas Scheckter |
| 6 | 20 | Ed Carpenter |
2 | Raphael Matos (R) |
| 7 | 24 | Mike Conway (R) |
26 | Marco Andretti |
| 8 | 14 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
34 |  Kosuke Matsuura |
| 9 | 43 | Roger Yasukawa |
13 |  E. J. Viso |
| 10 | 33 |  Robert Doornbos (R) |
98 | Stanton Barrett (R) |
| 11 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves |
27 | Hideki Mutoh |
| 12 | 11 | Tony Kanaan** |
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- ** Note: Kanaan originally qualified 14th, but failed post-qualifying inspection. As a result, Kanaan was forced to start from the rear of the field.