2009 SunTrust Indy Challenge

The 2009 SunTrust Indy Challenge, which was the eighth event in the 2009 IndyCar Series season, occurred on June 27, 2009, at the Richmond International Raceway in Virginia. Victory was claimed by Scott Dixon representing Chip Ganassi Racing, achieving his 19th win in his career and equaling the record for the highest number of IndyCar wins held by Sam Hornish Jr..

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	9	Template:Country data NZTemplate:Namespace detect showall Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	300	1:48:02.4703	2	161	52
2	10	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	300	+0.3109	1	65	41
3	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	300	+2.4085	5	0	35
4	27	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hideki Mutoh	Andretti Green Racing	300	+13.5302	8	74	'32'
5	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	300	+14.1111	10	0	'30'

Cautions

From Lap	To Lap	Number of laps	Reason
1	7	7	Jaques Lazier crash at turn 2
27	37	11	Ryan Briscoe collision at turn 2
138	153	16	Mike Conway incident at turn 4
248	259	12	Hélio Castroneves crash at turn 2

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Dario Franchitti	279
2	Scott Dixon	278
3	Ryan Briscoe	253
4	Template:Country data BrazilTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hélio Castroneves	225
5	Danica Patrick	219

• Note: Only the top five drivers are listed.