The race started at 3 PM local time, and run into prime time, counterprogramming against the Academy Awards.
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Little Big Town performed the National Anthem and actor Hugh Laurie gave the command to start engines.
2009 | Indianapolis 500 | Marylebone Cricket Club | Lancashire County Cricket Club | Fortune 500 | auto racing | Sierra Club | club | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Club Brugge K.V. | ATP World Tour 500 series | Somerset County Cricket Club | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 2009 in music | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | Glamorgan County Cricket Club | Hampshire County Cricket Club | Grand Theft Auto IV | Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club | Richmond Football Club | Gloucestershire County Cricket Club | Cornwall County Cricket Club | Kent County Cricket Club | Club Nacional de Football | Cambridge University Cricket Club | Collingwood Football Club | Yorkshire County Cricket Club | sports club | Škoda Auto | Essendon Football Club |