Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida
Race Date Sunday, April 5, 2009
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS/ENGINE TIME SPEED QUALIFIED
1. 02 Graham Rahal Dallara-Honda 1:02.4110 103.828 Fast 6
2. 19 Justin Wilson Dallara-Honda 1:02.4604 103.746 Fast 6
3. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 1:02.5307 103.629 Fast 6
4. 6 Ryan Briscoe Dallara-Honda 1:02.5699 103.564 Fast 6
5. 10 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 1:02.6927 103.361 Fast 6
6. 3 Will Power Dallara-Honda 1:02.7368 103.289 Fast 6
7. 34 Alex Tagliani Dallara-Honda 1:02.6952 103.357 Segment 2
8. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 1:02.9891 102.875 Segment 2
9. 2 Raphael Matos Dallara-Honda 1:03.1344 102.638 Segment 2
10. 23 Darren Manning Dallara-Honda 1:03.3038 102.364 Segment 2
11. 4 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 1:03.4733 102.090 Segment 2
12. 24 Mike Conway Dallara-Honda no time no speed Segment 2
13. 06 Robert Doornbos Dallara-Honda 1:02.7934 103.196 Segment 1
14. 21 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara-Honda 1:03.0223 102.821 Segment 1
15. 7 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 1:02.8268 103.141 Segment 1
16. 13 E.J. Viso Dallara-Honda 1:03.0601 102.759 Segment 1
17. 14 Vitor Meira Dallara-Honda 1:02.9132 102.999 Segment 1
18. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 1:03.3652 102.264 Segment 1
19. 27 Hideki Mutoh Dallara-Honda 1:03.3300 102.321 Segment 1
20. 5 Mario Moraes Dallara-Honda 1:03.4520 102.124 Segment 1
21. 98 Stanton Barrett Dallara-Honda 1:06.5934 97.307 Segment 1
22. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 1:04.2416 100.869 Segment 1
PEAK PERFORMANCE POLE AWARD QUALIFYING NOTES
Graham Rahal wins the PEAK Performance Pole Award. It is the first pole of his career.
Rahal becomes the youngest pole winner in IndyCar Series history at 20 years, 90 days. The previous youngest was Marco Andretti, who was 21 years, 79 days when he won the pole at Milwaukee last June.
This is the first IndyCar Series pole for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. They started second twice last year (Milwaukee, Watkins Glen).
Justin Wilson qualified second, tying his best IndyCar Series start. He also started second last year at Watkins Glen.
Second is the best starting position ever for Dale Coyne Racing. The team started fourth twice in Champ Car (Bruno Junqueira at Zolder in 2007, Gualter Salles at Long Beach in 1998). Its best IndyCar Series start was seventh last year at Edmonton with Junqueira.
Tony Kanaan qualified third. Kanaan has participated in 15 of 17 Firestone Fast Six sessions since the format was introduced in 2005. He has started in the top six in all four races at St. Petersburg and has never finished below third.
Ryan Briscoe qualified fourth. He participated in the Firestone Fast Six for the seventh consecutive race, the longest active streak among drivers.
Dario Franchitti qualified fifth in his first race in the IndyCar Series since he won the championship in 2007. This is his 12th consecutive top-five start in the IndyCar Series dating back to Texas 2007 and his 21st consecutive top-10 start dating back to Michigan 2006.
Will Power qualified sixth, his third consecutive top-six start on road/street courses.
Team Penske was the only team with more than one driver to participate in the Firestone Fast Six.
Alex Tagliani qualified seventh. He also qualified seventh in the non-points race at Surfers Paradise last year and went on to finish fourth in the race.
Raphael Matos qualified ninth in his IndyCar Series debut, the highest of the four rookies in the field.
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