Races 17 Start date 2009 Race 17 | End date October 10 | |
Similar 2010 IndyCar Series, 2011 IndyCar Series, 2007 Champ Car season, 1996–97 Indy Racing L, 2002 CART season |
St pete qualifying highlights
The 2009 IndyCar Series was the 14th season of the IndyCar Series. The 17-race season began on April 5, and its premier event, the 93rd Indianapolis 500 was held May 24. All races were broadcast on ABC or Versus in high-definition. It represented the 98th recognized season of top-level American open wheel racing.
Contents
- St pete qualifying highlights
- Schedule details
- Team and Driver Chart
- Series news
- Team and driver news
- Testing
- Round 1 Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg
- Round 2 35th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
- Round 3 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300
- Round 4 93rd Indianapolis 500
- Round 5 ABC Supply Company AJ Foyt 225
- Round 6 Bombardier Learjet 550
- Round 7 Iowa Corn Indy 250
- Round 8 SunTrust Indy Challenge
- Round 9 Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen
- Round 10 Honda Indy Toronto
- Round 11 Rexall Edmonton Indy
- Round 12 Meijer Indy 300
- Round 13 Honda 200
- Round 14 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
- Round 15 Peak Antifreeze Motor Oil Indy 300
- Round 16 Indy Japan 300
- Round 17 Firestone Indy 300
- Final driver standings
- References

On July 30, 2008 the 2009 schedule for the IndyCar Series was officially released. New to the schedule were Long Beach and Toronto, with Nashville having been removed to make way for the new events.

Dario Franchitti won his second IndyCar Series championship, putting a disappointing foray into NASCAR in 2008 behind him. Franchitti took his Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara-Honda to victory at Long Beach, Iowa Speedway, Toronto and Infineon Raceway in a season long battle with his Chip Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon and Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe. Dixon led the series heading into the final round, but Franchitti's win at the series finale at Homestead pushed the British driver eleven points clear at season's end.
Dixon, who took five wins, held second place by a solitary point over Briscoe. Briscoe, with three wins, had his best ever season leading Team Penske after Hélio Castroneves's abbreviated start to the season from his tax-evasion trial. The Brazilian recovered by winning his third Indianapolis 500 before taking a win a Texas Motor Speedway a month later.
The Ganassi and Penske teams dominated the season, only two race victories were taken by drivers other than the four regulars from these two teams, and one of them, at Edmonton, was claimed by part-time Penske driver Will Power. The only other winner was Justin Wilson, scoring Dale Coyne Racing's first victory at Watkins Glen.
The Andretti Green Racing team had their first ever season without a win. Drivers Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan and Hideki Mutoh each scored podium finishes, and Patrick finished fifth in the season points, setting a new record for highest points finish by a female driver.

Brazilian racer Raphael Matos claimed rookie of the year honors for the Luczo-Dragon Racing team, finishing thirteenth in the season point score, 29 points clear of Robert Doornbos with a season best result of sixth at Milwaukee.
Originally Honda was supposed to end their IndyCar Series single engine supplier after 2009, but on September 23, 2009, it was confirmed that Honda renewed their single engine supplier until 2011 season.
Schedule details
Team and Driver Chart
Series news
Team and driver news
Testing
The following open tests were held.