
Pole Day for the 2009 Kyoto 500 was held on June 20th at the Kyoto Oval. With qualifying trying to best mimic the Indianapolis 500 format, speed and consistency was required. With over 50 drivers qualified to enter for only 30 spots in the race, the action was sure to be intense, and the spread expected to be minimum.
Early on in the session, Patric Papenfuss (karkar) of Fragmaster Racing set fastest time, which stood until about a third of the way in, when Jeff Garry (Skydiver173) set a new pole time, running four laps of 36.96 seconds each.