The Milwaukee Mile * Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Race Date Sunday, May 31, 2009
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS/ENGINE SPEED
1. 6 Ryan Briscoe Dallara-Honda 168.394
2. 02 Graham Rahal Dallara-Honda 168.117
3. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 167.793
4. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 167.089
5. 5 Mario Moraes Dallara-Honda 166.791
6. 27 Hideki Mutoh Dallara-Honda 166.139
7. 7 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 165.168
8. 10 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 164.706
9. 2 Raphael Matos Dallara-Honda 164.671
10. 23 Tomas Scheckter Dallara-Honda 163.310
11. 24 Mike Conway Dallara-Honda 162.187
12. 06 Robert Doornbos Dallara-Honda 161.657
13. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 161.531
14. 4 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 161.433
15. 18 Justin Wilson Dallara-Honda 161.411
16. 14 Paul Tracy Dallara-Honda 160.798
17. 13 E.J. Viso Dallara-Honda 160.744
18. 21 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dallara-Honda 160.381
19. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 160.079
20. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Honda no speed
PEAK PERFORMANCE POLE AWARD QUALIFYING NOTES
Defending race winner Ryan Briscoe wins the PEAK Performance Pole Award. Briscoe started 11th in last year's race.
This is Briscoe's fifth career pole and his first since the 2008 season finale at Chicagoland Speedway.
This is Team Penske's 44th pole in the IndyCar Series, the most of any team. The team has won the pole for two consecutive races. Helio Castroneves started from the pole at Indianapolis.
Graham Rahal qualified second at Milwaukee for the second consecutive year. Last year, he finished 25th.
Rahal has qualified fourth or better in three consecutive races - all on ovals. He has qualified seventh or better for every race this season.
Tony Kanaan qualified third.
Scott Dixon qualified fourth, his third consecutive top-five start.
Mario Moraes qualified a career-best fifth. His previous best was sixth at Kansas earlier this season.
Hideki Mutoh qualified a season-best seventh. His previous best was 13th at Kansas. Mutoh's last top-10 start was fourth at Kentucky last season.
Danica Patrick qualified seventh, her third consecutive top-10 start.
Tomas Scheckter qualified 10th in his first start with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
Rookie Mike Conway qualified a career-best 11th. His previous best was 12th at St. Petersburg.
2009 Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will start 20th after an incident during qualifying. This will mark the third time he has started 20th or worse in three of the last four races on ovals. In last year's season finale at Chicagoland, Castroneves won after starting 28th. Last month, he finished second at Kansas after starting 21st.
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