Pole-position was decided late between the two Penske teammates Helio Castroneves et Ryan Briscoe but, ultimately, the Brazilian managed to outpaced the Australian to earn his second pole position in two years at the Mid-Ohio road course.Andtretti Green's Marco Andretti earned the third spot just in front of Newman-Haas Lanigan racing's Justin Wilson late in the final session. Tony Kanaan completed the Top 5 while current series leader Scott Dixon had to settle for sixth. Starting order: Pos Driver Team Time1. Helio Castroneves Penske 1:07.24802. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1:07.26573. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 1:07.41074. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:07.54425. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 1:07.57506. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1:07.59307. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 1:07.75518. Oriol Servia KV 1:07.84479. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:07.868910. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 1:07.903111. Vitor Meira Panther 1:08.003412. Will Power KV 1:08.067813. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 1:08.337914. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:08.045915. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 1:08.344416. Mario Dominguez Pacific Coast 1:08.074217. EJ Viso HVM 1:08.466818. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 1:08.264519. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 1:08.558020. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 1:08.360921. Darren Manning Foyt 1:09.156022. Ed Carpenter Vision 1:09.031023. AJ Foyt IV Vision 1:09.360724. Marty Roth Roth 1:10.914125. Jaime Camara Conquest 1:10.511026. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 1:12.2709
IRL: Penske front row at Mid-Ohio