Kansas Speedway * Kansas City, Kansas
Race Date Sunday, April 26, 2009
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS/ENGINE SPEED
1. 02 Graham Rahal Dallara-Honda 211.311
2. 06 Robert Doornbos Dallara-Honda 210.665
3. 7 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 210.470
4. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 210.368
5. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 210.220
6. 5 Mario Moraes Dallara-Honda 210.197
7. 6 Ryan Briscoe Dallara-Honda 210.098
8. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 210.082
9. 4 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 209.144
10. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 208.956
11. 67 Sarah Fisher Dallara-Honda 208.543
12. 23 Milka Duno Dallara-Honda 208.537
13. 27 Hideki Mutoh Dallara-Honda 208.506
14. 14 Vitor Meira Dallara-Honda 208.461
15. 2 Raphael Matos Dallara-Honda 208.382
16. 24 Mike Conway Dallara-Honda 208.145
17. 18 Justin Wilson Dallara-Honda 207.971
18. 13 E.J. Viso Dallara-Honda 206.779
19. 98 Stanton Barrett Dallara-Honda 205.820
20. 21 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara-Honda 205.673
21. 10 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda no speed
22. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Honda no speed
PEAK PERFORMANCE POLE AWARD QUALIFYING NOTES
Graham Rahal won the pole, his second career pole. He also won the pole earlier this season at St. Petersburg, becoming the youngest pole winner in major open-wheel racing history.
Rahals previous best start on an oval was second last year at Milwaukee.
This is the second IndyCar Series pole for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing.
Robert Doornbos qualified second in his first start on an oval. His previous best start was ninth at Long Beach.
This is the 40th time in IndyCar Series history that teammates will start 1-2. The feat happened six times last year, most recently at Infineon when Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe qualified 1-2 for Team Penske.
Danica Patrick qualified third, her best starting position of the season and her best since starting third last year at Chicagoland.
Scott Dixon qualified fourth, his 18th consecutive top-10 start, the longest active streak in the IndyCar Series. It is his first top-five start of the season.
Marco Andretti qualified fifth, his first top-five start of the season and his best start since fifth at Chicagoland last season.
Mario Moraes qualified sixth, his best career start. His previous best was 10th at Edmonton last year.
Dan Wheldon, the two-time defending winner at Kansas Speedway, qualified ninth. He has started second and fourth, respectively, the last two seasons.
Sarah Fisher and Milka Duno qualified 11th and 12th, respectively, in their 2009 debuts.
Dario Franchitti and Helio Castroneves were penalized for driving below the white line. They will start 21st and 22nd, respectively.
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