2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy

2009 Edmonton
Race details
11th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	July 26, 2009
Official name	Rexall Edmonton Indy
Location	Rexall Speedway, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Course	Temporary Airport Course; 1.973 mi / 3.175 km
Distance	95 laps; 179.543 mi / 288.925 km
Weather	Mainly sunny with temperatures reaching up to 30.7 °C (87.3 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Penske Racing)
Time	1:01.0133
Fastest lap
Driver	Mike Conway (Dreyer & Reinbold)
Time	1:02.4340 (on lap 39 of 95)
Podium
First	Will Power (Penske Racing)
Second	Hélio Castroneves (Penske Racing)
Third	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2009 Rexall Edmonton Indy was the eleventh round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, and was held on July 26, 2009 at the 1.973-mile (3.175 km) Rexall Speedway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Qualifying results

All cars are split into two groups; one of eleven and one of twelve, with the fastest six from each group going through to the "Top 12" session. In this session, the fastest six runners will progress to the "Firestone Fast Six". The fastest driver in this final session will claim pole, with the rest of the runners lining up in session order, regardless of qualifying times. (Fast Six from 1-6, Top 12 from 7-12 and Round 1 from 13-23) Drivers can use as many laps as they want in the timed sessions.

Pos	Name	Team	Group 1^[2]	Group 2^[3]	Top 12^[4]	Fast Six^[5]
1	Will Power	Penske Racing		1:01.4992	1:01.2063	1:01.0133
2	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing		1:01.5795	1:01.0667	1:01.1232
3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing		1:01.2372	1:01.2731	1:01.2033
4	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:01.7204		1:01.3809	1:01.2046
5	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1:01.7521		1:01.5114	1:01.6952
6	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing		1:01.7534	1:01.4302	1:01.8344
7	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology		1:01.4862	1:01.5337
8	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	1:01.8379		1:01.5685
9	Paul Tracy	KV Racing Technology	1:01.5093		1:01.6768
10	Robert Doornbos (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	1:01.6582		1:01.6844
11	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:01.7366		1:01.9064
12	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing		1:02.2305	1:02.1678
13	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	1:02.2723
14	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing		1:02.4240
15	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	1:02.4009
16	Tomas Scheckter	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		1:02.4280
17	Alex Tagliani	Conquest Racing	1:02.6459
18	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing		1:02.5059
19	Richard Antinucci (R)	Team 3G	1:02.8364
20	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing		1:02.5184
21	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:02.9996
22	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing		1:02.8369
23	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing		1:03.4342

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	12	Will Power	Penske Racing	95	1:42:42.3773	1	90	53
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	95	+ 1.0936*	3	2	40
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	95	+ 1.3213	4	2	35
4	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	95	+ 1.8266	2	1	32
5	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	95	+ 4.4652	6	0	30
6	15	Paul Tracy	KV Racing Technology	95	+ 6.3941	9	0	28
7	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	95	+ 26.5700	5	0	26
8	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	95	+ 26.9169	15	0	24
9	06	Robert Doornbos (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	10	0	22
10	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	18	0	20
11	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	20	0	19
12	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	14	0	18
13	34	Alex Tagliani	Conquest Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	17	0	17
14	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	12	0	16
15	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	94	+ 1 Lap	22	0	15
16	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	93	+ 2 Laps	23	0	14
17	14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	87	+ 8 Laps	21	0	13
18	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo-Dragon Racing	85	+ 10 Laps	8	0	12
19	23	Tomas Scheckter	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	73	Contact	16	0	12
20	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	63	+ 32 Laps	11	0	12
21	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	34	Pit Fire	13	0	12
22	98	Richard Antinucci (R)	Team 3G	20	Mechanical	19	0	12
23	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	0	Contact	7	0	12
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