IndyCar: Alex Tagliani on pole in Texas

After qualifying third at Belle Isle last week, Canadian veteran racer Alex Tagliani put his DW12 in the top spot for the upcoming IZOD IndyCar event that will be presented Saturday at the Texas Motor Speedway.

''Tag'' completed his two qualifying laps with an average speed of 215.691 mph, putting his Bryan Herta Autosport car ahead of Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti (Ganassi).

Graham Rahal (Andretti Autosport) was third fastest, followed by Franchitti’s teammate and Detroit-winner Scott Dixon.

Penske's Will Power completed the top 5 while the other Canadian, James Hinchcliffe was sixth in his Andretti DW12-Chevrolet.



Qualifying results – IZOD IndyCar series (Texas)
From ItaliaRacing.net

1. Alex Tagliani (Dallara-Honda) - Herta - 48.569s
2. Dario Franchitti (Dallara-Honda) - Ganassi - 48.579s

3. Graham Rahal (Dallara-Honda) - Ganassi - 48.600s

4. Scott Dixon (Dallara-Honda) - Ganassi - 48.650s

5. Will Power (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Penske - 48.699s

6. James Hinchcliffe (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Andretti - 48.743s

7. Tony Kanaan (Dallara-Chevrolet) - KV - 48.793s
8. Mike Conway (Dallara-Honda) - Foyt - 48.848s

9. Marco Andretti (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Andretti - 48.856s

10. Takuma Sato (Dallara-Honda) - Rahal - 48.908s

11. Simon Pagenaud (Dallara-Honda) - Schmidt - 48.934s

12. Ryan Briscoe (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Penske - 48.939s

13. Oriol Servia (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Dreyer&Reinbold - 48.963s

14. Rubens Barrichello (Dallara-Chevrolet) - KV - 48.965s
15. Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Andretti - 48.969s

16. Ernesto Viso (Dallara-Chevrolet) - KV - 49.080s

17. Helio Castroneves (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Penske - 49.090s

18. Charlie Kimball (Dallara-Honda) - Ganassi - 49.221s

19. Justin Wilson (Dallara-Honda) - Coyne - 49.383
s
20. Ed Carpenter (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Carpenter - 49.498s
21. James Jakes (Dallara-Honda) - Coyne - 49.591s
22. Katherine Legge (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Dragon - 49.757s
23. JR Hildebrand (Dallara-Chevrolet) - Panther - 51.708s

24. Simona De Silvestro (Dallara-Lotus) - HVM - 51.336s*

25. Josef Newgarden (Dallara-Honda) - Fisher - no time

*Penalty