2009 Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid

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wbgene

– May 21, 2009Posted in: Auto Racing, Other Auto Racing, Sports

2009 Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Sunday, May 24, 2009

The recognizable view across the bricks and finish line at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Start  Pos.	Car #	Yrs.  In Race	Driver	Team  Name	Time	Speed
Row 1
1	3	8*	Helio  Castro- neves	Team Penske	2:40.0967	224.864
2	6	3	Ryan  Briscoe	Team Penske	2:40.6546	224.083
3	10	5*	Dario  Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	2:40.7068	224.010
Row 2
4	02	1	Graham  Rahal	McDonald’s Racing Team	2:40.7470	223.954
5	9	6*	Scott  Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	2:40.8098	223.867
6	11	7	Tony Kanaan	Team 7-Eleven	2:40.9934	223.612
Row 3
7	5	1	Mario Moraes	Azul Tequila-Vototantim-KV Racing	2:41.1958	223.331
8	26	3	Marco  Andretti	Team Venom Energy	2:41.3522	223.114
9	12	1	Will  Power	Team Verizon wireless	2:41.4146	223.028
Row 4
10	7	4	Danica Patrick	Boost Mobile / Motorola	2:41.5205	222.882
11	99	1	Alex  Lloyd	HER CGR / SSM Racing	2:41.7093	222.622
12	2	R	Raphael  Matos	U.S. Air Force Luczo Dragon	2:41.1252	223.429
Row 5
13	15	5	Paul  Tracy	GEICO / KV Racing Technology	2:41.3545	223.111
14	14	6	Vitor  Meira	ABC Supply Co. A.J. Foyt Racing	2:41.3958	223.054
15	18	1	Justin Wilson	Z-Line Designs	2:41.5051	222.903
Row 6
16	27	1	Hideki Mutoh	Formula Dream	2:41.5764	222.805
17	20	5	Ed  Carpenter	Menards / Vision Racing	2:41.5942	222.780
18	4	6*	Dan Wheldon	National Guard Panther Racing	2:41.5969	222.777
Row 7
19	41	5	A.J.  Foyt IV	ABC Supply Co. A.J. Foyt Racing	2:41.7355	222.586
20	16	13	Scott  Sharp	Tequila Patron Panther Racing	2:42.0441	222.162
21	67	7	Sarah  Fisher	Dollar General / Sarah fisher Racing	2:42.1022	222.082
Row 8
22	44	8	Davey Hamilton	Hewlett Packard	2:42.1942	221.956
23	06	R	Robert Doornbos	Newman / Haas / Lanigan Racing	2:42.3877	221.692
24	8	2	Townsend Bell	Herbalife-KV Racing Technology	2:42.7524	221.195
Row 9
25	17	1	Oriol  Servia	The Rahal Letterman DAFCA Special	2:42.9079	220.984
26	19	7	Tomas Scheckter	MONA – VIE	2:42.5308	221.496
27	24	R	Mike  Conway	Dreyer & Reibold Racing	2:42.5889	221.417
Row 10
28	43	9	John Andretti	Window World	2:42.6635	221.316
29	13	1	E.J.  Viso	PDVSA HVM Racing	2:42.7753	221.164
30	23	2	Milka  Duno	CITGO / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	2:42.8180	221.106
Row 11
31	00	R	Nelson Philippe	i drive green HVM Racing	2:43.0778	220.754
32	21	1	Ryan Hunter-  Reay	Vision Racing	2:43.1934	220.597
33	36	R	Alex  Tagliani	ALL SPORT Conquest Racing	2:42.8114	221.115

33-Car Field Average: 222.480 mph

R= Indy 500 Rookie

* = Past Indy 500 Winner

All cars are using the following:

Dallara Chassis

Honda Engines

Firestone Tires

Tags: A.J. Foyt IV, A.J. Foyt Racing, Alex Lloys, Alex Tagliani, Bobby Rahal, Boost Mobile, CITGO, Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Dario Franchitti, Davey Hamilton, David Letterman, Dollar General, Dreyer & Reibold Racing, E.J. Viso, Ed Carpenter, Firestone Tires, Formula Dream, Foyt the Fourth, Geico, Graham Rahal, Helio Castroneves, Herbalife, Hewlett Packard, Hideki Mutoh, Honda Engines, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, Indy 500 Starting Grid, John Andretti, Justin Wilson, Luczo Racing, Marco Andretti, Mario Moraes, McDonald's Racing Team, Menards, Mike Conway, Milka Duno, Motorola, National Guard Panther Racing, Nelson Philippe, Newman / Haas / Lanigan Racing, Oriol Servia, Paul Tracy, Rahal Letterman, Raphael Matos, Robert Doornbos, Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Sarah Fisher, Scott Dixon, Scott Sharp, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team 7-Eleven, Team Penske, Team Venom Energy, Team Verizon Wireless, Tomas Scheckter, Tony Kanaan, Townsend Bell, U.S. Air Force, Vision Racing, Vitor Meira, Wil Power, Window World, Z-Line Designs

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3 Comments

1. Pop Doctor

   Posted May 21, 2009 at 8:40 PM

   I’m so there. Damned thing better be televised on Fox here – or I’ll be dirty . . .

   Cheers champ

2. wbgene

   Posted May 23, 2009 at 12:07 AM

   It should be a good race. I am thinking Helio will win his third. If not him then Ryan Hunter-Raey. Although it would be good to see Danica win.

3. Inddy 500 Tickets

   Posted April 29, 2011 at 12:29 AM

   For once it would be nice to have Penske and Ganassi sit one year out and see what happens.