Streets of Long Beach, California
Race Date Sunday, April 19, 2009
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS/ENGINE TIME SPEED
1. 12 Will Power Dallara-Honda 1:09.7107 101.631
2. 10 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 1:09.8675 101.403
3. 2 Raphael Matos Dallara-Honda 1:10.2043 100.917
4. 13 E.J. Viso Dallara-Honda 1:10.2232 100.890
5. 18 Justin Wilson Dallara-Honda 1:10.2680 100.825
6. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 1:10.4038 100.631
7. 02 Graham Rahal Dallara-Honda 1:10.0283 101.171
8. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Honda 1:10.1139 101.047
9. 34 Alex Tagliani Dallara-Honda 1:10.1278 101.027
10. 6 Ryan Briscoe Dallara-Honda 1:10.2126 100.905
11. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 1:10.3032 100.775
12. 21 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara-Honda 1:10.4339 100.588
13. 5 Mario Moraes Dallara-Honda 1:10.8459 100.003
14. 4 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 1:10.5503 100.422
15. 06 Robert Doornbos Dallara-Honda 1:10.9577 99.845
16. 24 Mike Conway Dallara-Honda 1:10.6059 100.343
17. 27 Hideki Mutoh Dallara-Honda 1:11.1177 99.621
18. 23 Darren Manning Dallara-Honda 1:11.2411 99.448
19. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 1:11.2307 99.463
20. 14 Vitor Meira Dallara-Honda 1:11.4487 99.159
21. 98 Stanton Barrett Dallara-Honda 1:14.4863 95.115
22. 7 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 1:11.6660 98.859
23. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 1:11.9069 98.527
PEAK PERFORMANCE POLE AWARD QUALIFYING NOTES
Will Power won the PEAK Performance Pole Award. It is his first career pole in the IndyCar Series. His previous best start came at St. Petersburg in 2008.
Power is the third driver to jump from sixth to first during the Firestone Fast Six segment. Helio Castroneves did it at Mid-Ohio in 2007, and Ryan Briscoe did it at Edmonton in 2008.
This is the 42nd pole for Team Penske in the IndyCar Series.
Dario Franchitti qualified second. He has participated in the Firestone Fast Six in both races. This will be his 13th consecutive top-five start in the IndyCar Series dating back to Texas 2007.
Raphael Matos qualified a career-best third. His previous best start was ninth in his first career start at St. Petersburg.
Third is best starting position for Luczo Dragon Racing. The team’s previous best was fourth at Kansas in 2008 with Tomas Scheckter.
E.J. Viso qualified a career-best fourth. His previous best was ninth at Belle Isle in 2008. Fourth is also the best starting position for HVM Racing.
Justin Wilson qualified fifth, his second consecutive top-five start to begin the season.
Scott Dixon qualified sixth, his 17th consecutive top-10 start, the longest active streak in the IndyCar Series.
Five teams had drivers qualify for the Firestone Fast Six.
Ryan Briscoe did not qualify in the Firestone Fast Six for the first time since Mid-Ohio 2007. Beginning with St. Petersburg in 2008, Briscoe had participated in seven consecutive Firestone Fast Six sessions.
Briscoe’s overall streak of seven consecutive top-five starts, the longest active streak, also was broken.
Briscoe qualified 10th, his 10th consecutive top-10 start.
This is the 18th Firestone Fast Six session since the format was introduced in 2005. This is the first time that at least one of the two drivers, Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan, haven’t qualified for the session. Castroneves and Kanaan have each participated in 15 Firestone Fast Six sessions. Castroneves missed Watkins Glen 2008 and St. Petersburg 2009, while Kanaan missed Edmonton 2008 and Belle Isle 2008.
This was the first time Raphael Matos and E.J. Viso qualified for the Firestone Fast Six. Twenty-two drivers have participated in the 18 Firestone Fast Six sessions.
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