Helio Castroneves Wins 2009 Indy 500, Third Victory At Indy

By  Ben Wojdyla

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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