IRL: First ever Pole for Andretti in Milwaukee

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Andretti Green's Marco Andretti took his first IndyCar pole position at the Milwaukee Mile. But he had to narrowly beat Graham Rahal to do so.Rahal had held provisional pole for much of the session in his Newman/Haas/Lanigan car, in a highly impressive performance on his debut at a short oval. Indianapolis 500 winner Scott Dixon will start third for Ganassi, joined on row two by another rapid former Champ Car driver in KV Racing's Will Power.
Qualifying Results, Milwaukee Mile: Pos Driver Team Speed1. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 168.079mph2. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 167.654mph3. Scott Dixon Ganassi 167.637mph4. Will Power KV 167.265mph5. Helio Castroneves Penske 166.667mph6. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 166.473mph7. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 166.195mph8. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 165.216mph9. Oriol Servia KV 165.190mph10. EJ Viso HVM 164.843mph11. Ryan Briscoe Penske 164.106mph12. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 164.066mph13. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 163.702mph14. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 163.368mph15. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 163.123mph16. John Andretti Roth 162.449mph17. Ed Carpenter Vision 162.139mph18. AJ Foyt IV Vision 162.049mph19. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 161.903mph20. Darren Manning Foyt 160.787mph21. Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold 160.311mph22. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan 159.927mph23. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 155.511mph24. Jaime Camara Conquest 154.613mph25. Mario Dominguez Pacific Coast 150.071mph26. Vitor Meira Panther no time27. Marty Roth Roth no time