Rahal Poised to Defend ‘08 Win

Graham Rahal won the 2008 GP of St. Petersburg. The race was his very first indy car start.

Rahal looks to defend his 2008 win as he put the No. 02 McDonald’s car on the pole for Sunday’s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Rahal will start next to his teammate of last year, Justin Wilson, who is driving for Dale Coyne Racing in ‘09. 

 

The Honda GP of St. Petersburg gets underway tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. (ET).

Starting Line-Up:

1. (02) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.4110, 103.828, Firestone Fast Six

2. (19) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.4604, 103.746, Firestone Fast Six

3. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.5307, 103.629, Firestone Fast Six

4. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.5699, 103.564, Firestone Fast Six

5. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.6927, 103.361, Firestone Fast Six

6. (3) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 1:02.7368, 103.289, Firestone Fast Six

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