July 7, 2009

IRL: Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen Results, with avg. finish

Justin Wilson gave car owner Dale Coyne his first victory in open wheel racing and he ran away from some heavy hitters in doing so. Roger Penske's Ryan Briscoe was bidding for sole possession of the honor of being the winningest driver, but he was busy trying to keep Chip Ganassi's Scott Dixon and his Penske teammate Helio Castroneves at bay.

Danica Patrick is not known as a particularly strong road racer and she didn't disappoint that prediction. She finished 11th, which snapped a seven-race streak of top-10s.

Results, with average finish

FinishStartDriverLapsStatusAvg Fin
12Justin Wilson60Running13.00
21Ryan Briscoe60Running5.67
33Scott Dixon60Running3.40
414Helio Castroneves60Running11.40
59Marco Andretti60Running7.75
67Mike Conway60Running6.00
711E J Viso60Running8.50
810Tony Kanaan60Running5.60
917Robert Doornbos60Running9.00
1012Dan Wheldon60Running12.20
118Danica Patrick60Running12.00
1218Raphael Matos60Running12.00
135Graham Rahal60Running10.50
144Mario Moraes60Running10.50
156Dario Franchitti59Running8.75
1621Ed Carpenter59Running13.00
1719Milka Duno58Running18.50
1813Hideki Mutoh51Accident13.50
1920Richard Antinucci47Running19.00
2015Paul Tracy29Accident20.00
2116Ryan Hunter-Reay0Accident11.00

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