2009 Kansas

Race details
3rd round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season
Date	April 26, 2009
Official name	RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300
Location	Kansas Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.520 mi / 2.446 km
Distance	200 laps 304.000 mi / 489.241 km
Weather	78 °F (26 °C), Overcast
Pole position
Driver	Graham Rahal (N/H/L Racing)
Time	1:43.5819 (4 laps)
Fastest lap
Driver	Ryan Briscoe (Penske Racing)
Time	25.9367 (on lap 162 of 200)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Hélio Castroneves (Penske Racing)
Third	Tony Kanaan (Andretti Green Racing)

The 2009 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 was the third round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, held on April 26, 2009 at the 1.520-mile (2.446 km) Kansas Speedway. The race was won by Scott Dixon, who led 134 of the 200 laps to move up into fourth place in the championship standings. Championship leader Dario Franchitti made contact with the wall, and was classified eighteenth, which dropped him to third overall. Tony Kanaan's third place was enough to give him the championship lead, by a point from Ryan Briscoe, who finished fourth.

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	200	1:43:21.0035	4	134	52
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	200	+ 0.7104	22	3	40
3	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 1.5022	8	0	35
4	6	Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	200	+ 1.8872	7	53	32
5	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 2.6502	3	0	30
6	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 3.8013	5	0	28
7	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	200	+ 7.8233	1	8	27
8	27	Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	200	+ 8.5430	13	0	24
9	20	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	200	+ 8.9871	10	0	22
10	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	200	+ 9.7681	9	0	20
11	5	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	200	+ 20.9048	6	0	19
12	06	Robert Doornbos (R)	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	2	2	18
13	67	Sarah Fisher	Sarah Fisher Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	11	0	17
14	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	199	+ 1 Lap	17	0	16
15	21	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Vision Racing	196	+ 4 Laps	20	0	15
16	23	Milka Duno	CITGO	195	+ 5 Laps	12	0	14
17	98	Stanton Barrett (R)	Team 3G	181	+ 19 Laps	19	0	13
18	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	151	Contact	21	0	12
19	24	Mike Conway (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	109	Mechanical	16	0	12
20	2	Raphael Matos (R)	Luczo Dragon Racing	95	Contact	15	0	12
21	13	E. J. Viso	HVM Racing	37	Mechanical	18	0	12
22	14	Vítor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	14	Contact	14	0	12

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Tony Kanaan	100
2	Ryan Briscoe	99
3	Dario Franchitti	96
4	Scott Dixon	81
5	Ryan Hunter-Reay	74

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the standings.