2009 Indianapolis 500
Saturday May 9 – Pole day

2009 Indianapolis 500

Section Title: Saturday May 9 – Pole day
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May 9, 2009 – Pole Day Qualifying Results

Rank	Car No.	Driver	Team	Qual. Speed

1	3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	224.864 mph (362 km/h)

2	6	Australia Ryan Briscoe	Penske Racing	224.083 mph (361 km/h)

3	10	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	224.010 mph (361 km/h)

4	02	United States Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	223.954 mph (360 km/h)

5	9	New Zealand Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	223.867 mph (360 km/h)

6	11	Brazil Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	223.612 mph (360 km/h)

7	5	Brazil Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	223.331 mph (359 km/h)

8	26	United States Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	223.113 mph (359 km/h)

9	12	Australia Will Power	Penske Racing	223.028 mph (359 km/h)

10	7	United States Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	222.882 mph (359 km/h)

11	99	United Kingdom Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	222.622 mph (358 km/h)

OFFICIAL REPORT

Sentence(s)

Hélio Castroneves`s 224.864 mph run took over the pole position.

final_sentence: Hélio Castroneves`s 224.864 mph run took over the pole position.