Here's a quote from FRC Race Report 8, June 18th, 2009:
Of note is that we ran twenty-three 30-lap races at a single event (although this type of thing was pretty much the norm back then) and this is when the extra point for pole was introduced.At Boo's suggestion, at the end of the scheduled races for each group we ran a third mini-series of three races comprising the three top finishers from each group, making for a total of twenty-three 30-lap races by the time we called it a night at close to 3:00 AM. We used the finishing positions of the final race in the two classes to grid the cars, with the Formula Libre group starting ahead of the GT group. For the first time it was agreed that the fastest qualifier in each class would get an extra point for his effort and this is reflected in the points.
You can see the full report here:
https://www.frcforum.com//FRC/Racing/En ... ort_8.html
It's quite interesting looking back at this history of FRC which includes who raced, how the races were run, how our classes evolved and several pictures from those days. Racing actually started in August 2008, however we didn't start keeping records of results till April 8th, 2009. You can see the Race Report archives here (scroll down to start from the first report):
https://www.frcforum.com//FRC/Racing/Archive.html
Gordon