Team Penske earned its 50th pole since they joined the IRL series in 2002 on the Edmonton circuit yesterday and it was their fourth consecutive pole position since Watkins Glen .This time it was Ryan Briscoe's turn to finish the fastest while his teammate Helio Castroneves completed the 1-2 Penske first row.KV Racing Technologies drivers continued to do well as both of them, Oriol Servia and Will Power, set respectively the third and fifth time. Current IndyCar series' leader Scott Dixon came in fourth. Six of the first ten drivers qualified are former Champ Car drivers with another great performance from Dale-Coyne Racing placing Bruno Junquiera and Mario Moraes 7th and 10th on the starting grid.Returning Canadian Paul Tracy had a disappointing session. He will start 16th, two places behind Watkins Glen winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, who crashed his Rahal Letterman Dallara-Honda in the final seconds of first qualifying session.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1:00.73112. Helio Castroneves Penske 1:00.83603. Oriol Servia KV 1:00.85844. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1:00.85855. Will Power KV 1:01.01546. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan7. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:01.29918. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:01.45739. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 1:01.665610. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 1:01.755211. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 1:02.022712. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green13. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 1:02.299114. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 1:02.103915. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 1:02.417116. Paul Tracy Vision 1:02.238717. Vitor Meira Panther 1:02.490718. AJ Foyt IV Vision 1:03.134619. Darren Manning Foyt 1:02.664420. Mario Dominguez Pacific Coast 1:03.135921. EJ Viso HVM 1:03.924222. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 1:03.810023. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 1:03.427624. Ed Carpenter Vision 1:03.882525. Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold 1:03.639626. Marty Roth Roth 1:09.049827. Jaime Camara Conquest 1:03.8572
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1:00.73112. Helio Castroneves Penske 1:00.83603. Oriol Servia KV 1:00.85844. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1:00.85855. Will Power KV 1:01.01546. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan7. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:01.29918. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:01.45739. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 1:01.665610. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 1:01.755211. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 1:02.022712. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green13. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 1:02.299114. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 1:02.103915. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 1:02.417116. Paul Tracy Vision 1:02.238717. Vitor Meira Panther 1:02.490718. AJ Foyt IV Vision 1:03.134619. Darren Manning Foyt 1:02.664420. Mario Dominguez Pacific Coast 1:03.135921. EJ Viso HVM 1:03.924222. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 1:03.810023. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 1:03.427624. Ed Carpenter Vision 1:03.882525. Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold 1:03.639626. Marty Roth Roth 1:09.049827. Jaime Camara Conquest 1:03.8572