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May 24, 2009 4:40 PM
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Helio Castroneves has won the 2009 Indianapolis 500, marking his third career win here at the Brickyard. It also makes for a record breaking 15th team with for Penske Racing. Official race results below.
It was 185 laps in when Helio put the peddle to the metal and pulled away from Dan Wheldon and Danica Patrick, who dueled for second but didn't have a chance in the end. Castroneves eagerly climbed the fence in celebration and was overcome by emotion when he returned to the pits. The 34-year-old hoisted the ceremonial bottle of milk in victory only weeks after being acquitted of charges of tax evasion — the winners circle is a way better place to be than behind bars.
Coming in at third place, Danica Patrick scored the highest finish for any woman at the Indy 500, while Sarah Fisher and Milka Duno finished 17th and 20th respectively.
- Helio Castroneves
- Dan Wheldon
- Danica Patrick
- Townsend Bell
- Will Power
- Scott Dixon
- Dario Franchitti
- Ed Carpenter
- Paul Tracy
- Hideki Mutoh
- Alex Tagliani
- Tomas Scheckter
- Alex Lloyd
- Scott Sharp
- Ryan Briscoe
- AJ Foyt IV
- Sarah Fisher
- Mike Conway
- John Andretti
- Milka Duno
- Vitor Meira - Contact
- Raphael Matos - Contact
- Justin Wilson - 160 laps
- EJ Viso - 139 laps
- Nelson Phillipe - 130 laps
- Oriol Servia - 98 laps
- Tony Kannan - Contact
- Robert Doombos - Contact
- Davey Hamilton - Contact
- Marco Andretti - Contact
- Graham Rahal - Contact
- Ryan Hunter-Reay - Contact
- Mario Moraes - Contact
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