Helio Castroneves Wins 2009 Indy 500, Third Victory At Indy

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.

1. Helio Castroneves
2. Dan Wheldon
3. Danica Patrick
4. Townsend Bell
5. Will Power
6. Scott Dixon
7. Dario Franchitti
8. Ed Carpenter
9. Paul Tracy
10. Hideki Mutoh
11. Alex Tagliani
12. Tomas Scheckter
13. Alex Lloyd
14. Scott Sharp
15. Ryan Briscoe
16. AJ Foyt IV
17. Sarah Fisher
18. Mike Conway
19. John Andretti
20. Milka Duno
21. Vitor Meira - Contact
22. Raphael Matos - Contact
23. Justin Wilson - 160 laps
24. EJ Viso - 139 laps
25. Nelson Phillipe - 130 laps
26. Oriol Servia - 98 laps
27. Tony Kannan - Contact
28. Robert Doombos - Contact
29. Davey Hamilton - Contact
30. Marco Andretti - Contact
31. Graham Rahal - Contact
32. Ryan Hunter-Reay - Contact
33. Mario Moraes - Contact

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