Pole-sitter Dario Franchitti pulled off a flag-to-flag victory, spending the entire race with Ryan Briscoe in his rearview mirror. Briscoe kept waiting for Franchitti to make a mistake. He’s still waiting.
“I guess it wasn’t too eventful,” Franchitti said in celebrating his first victory at Infineon Raceway and his fourth of the season.” San Francisco Chronicle
Franchitti and Briscoe avoided a multiple-car crash on Lap 1 on the 12-turn, 2.303-mile road course. Scott Dixon, the points leader entering the race, finished 13th after stalling in the wreck. He fell to third place in the points race.
Franchitti, the first flag-to-flag winner in an IndyCar race since Dixon in 2003 at Richmond, moved into second in the standings, 4 points behind Briscoe. New York Times
Results Sunday of the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma IndyCar Series event at the 2.303-mile Infineon Raceway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (1) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
2. (2) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
3. (9) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
4. (14) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
5. (5) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
6. (17) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
7. (22) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
8. (7) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
9. (18) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
10. (15) Robert Doornbos, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
11. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
12. (12) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
13. (10) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
14. (4) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
15. (19) Richard Antinucci, Dallara-Honda, 75, Running
16. (11) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 74, Running
17. (21) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 71, Running
18. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 66, Contact
19. (16) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 65, Mechanical
20. (8) Franck Montagny, Dallara-Honda, 57, Handling
21. (6) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 30, Mechanical
22. (13) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 0, Contact
23. (23) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 0, Did Not Start
24. (24) Nelson Philippe, Dallara-Honda, 0, Did Not Start
Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 94.745 mph
Time of race: 1:49:23.0073
Margin of victory: 0.2488 of a second
Cautions: 2 caution flags for 7 laps
Lead changes: no lead changes
Lap leaders: Franchitti 1-75.
Point standings:
Briscoe 497,
Franchitti 493,
Dixon 477,
Castroneves 371,
Patrick 335,
Andretti 323,
Kanaan 318,
Wheldon 306,
Rahal 301,
Mutoh 297.
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