Kansas Lottery 100
- Sunday April 26, 2009
- Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas
- Race weather: 72 °F, Cloudy and Windy
- Pole position winner: #11 Wade Cunningham, 58.3812 sec, 187.458 mph (301.684 km/h) (2-lap)
- Race Summary: Due to the prospect of bad weather in the area, the race was moved up 2 hours to 10 AM local time. Heavy storms had moved through the area the previous night, leaving a "green" racetrack and gusty winds. The challenging conditions led to a number of major incidents in the race. The first occurred on lap 3 when Jesse Mason spun and was hit by Richard Philippe, both were uninjured. On the lap 9 restart Sebastian Saavedra was able to pass polesitter Wade Cunningham for the lead. The scariest incident of the day occurred on lap 15 when Ali Jackson hit the outside wall and Sergey Mokshantsev was unable to slow down due to a mechanical problem and ran into the back of Rodrigo Barbosa, flipping Mokshantsev's car upside down and into the wall. Despite the hard and unusual impact, Mokshantsev, as well as the other two drivers, was also uninjured. Saavedra was able to hold off the challenges of Cunningham until on lap 59, Dillon Battistini spun and collected Pippa Mann, who pierced Battistini's radiator, leaving a large amount of fluid on the track and resulting in the race ending under caution. Saavedra captured his first Indy Lights victory in his third start and his first on an oval.
Top Five Finishers | ||||||||
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Fin. Pos |
St. Pos |
Car No. |
Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Laps Led |
Points |
1 | 2 | 27 | Sebastian Saavedra | AGR-AFS Racing | 67 | 1:02:53.5296 | 58 | 52 |
2 | 1 | 11 | Wade Cunningham | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 67 | +0.2557 | 9 | 41 |
3 | 6 | 5 | Mario Romancini | RLR-Andersen Racing | 67 | +0.8524 | 0 | 35 |
4 | 3 | 20 | Ana Beatriz | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 67 | +1.1454 | 0 | 32 |
5 | 9 | 15 | Martin Plowman | Panther Racing | 67 | +2.0955 | 0 | 30 |
Race average speed: 97.157 mph (156.359 km/h) | ||||||||
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers | ||||||||
Cautions: 5 for 33 laps |
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