Losing his engineer clearly did not had any impact on his last effort as Sam Schmidt Motorsports Alex Tagliani earned his second consecutive pole yesterday, this time for the IndyCar Texas doubleheader.
Just weeks after his shock Indianapolis 500 pole, the Canadian was once again the man to beat averaging a speed of 215.816mph.
Ganassi’s Dario Franchitti was second with 214.801mph while Penske's Will Power was just following behind with an average of 214.716.
Former Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato did an excellent job for KV Racing Technology by taking fourth with Sarah Fisher’s entry of Ed Carpenter completing the top5 of the qualifying session.
Canadians James Hinchcliffe (Newman Haas Racing) and veteran Paul Tracy (Dragon Racing) will start respectively 15th and 21st on the starting grid.
The grid for the second of Saturday night's races will be determined by a random draw after race one.
Pos Driver Team Speed
1. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 215.186
2. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 214.801
3. Will Power Penske 214.716
4. Takuma Sato KV 214.470
5. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher 214.373
6. Tony Kanaan KV 214.252
7. Scott Dixon Ganassi 214.021
8. Wade Cunningham Sam Schmidt 214.013
9. Ryan Briscoe Penske 213.891
10. Danica Patrick Andretti 213.850
11. JR Hildebrand Panther 213.458
12. Vitor Meira Foyt 213.429
13. Helio Castroneves Penske 213.232
14. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 213.023
15. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 212.970
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 212.938
17. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 212.797
18. Davey Hamilton Dreyer & Reinbold 212.555
19. EJ Viso KV 212.494
20. Graham Rahal Ganassi 212.404
21. Paul Tracy Dragon 212.305
22. Mike Conway Andretti 212.260
23. Marco Andretti Andretti 212.223
24. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 212.221
25. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 212.091
26. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 212.033
27. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 211.762
28. Jay Howard Rahal/Schmidt 211.691
29. Simona de Silvestro HVM 210.855
30. James Jakes Dale Coyne
Just weeks after his shock Indianapolis 500 pole, the Canadian was once again the man to beat averaging a speed of 215.816mph.
Ganassi’s Dario Franchitti was second with 214.801mph while Penske's Will Power was just following behind with an average of 214.716.
 |
| Two poles in a row for Alex Tagliani - Photo by: Dana Garrett |
Former Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato did an excellent job for KV Racing Technology by taking fourth with Sarah Fisher’s entry of Ed Carpenter completing the top5 of the qualifying session.
Canadians James Hinchcliffe (Newman Haas Racing) and veteran Paul Tracy (Dragon Racing) will start respectively 15th and 21st on the starting grid.
The grid for the second of Saturday night's races will be determined by a random draw after race one.
Pos Driver Team Speed
1. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 215.186
2. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 214.801
3. Will Power Penske 214.716
4. Takuma Sato KV 214.470
5. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher 214.373
6. Tony Kanaan KV 214.252
7. Scott Dixon Ganassi 214.021
8. Wade Cunningham Sam Schmidt 214.013
9. Ryan Briscoe Penske 213.891
10. Danica Patrick Andretti 213.850
11. JR Hildebrand Panther 213.458
12. Vitor Meira Foyt 213.429
13. Helio Castroneves Penske 213.232
14. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 213.023
15. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 212.970
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 212.938
17. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 212.797
18. Davey Hamilton Dreyer & Reinbold 212.555
19. EJ Viso KV 212.494
20. Graham Rahal Ganassi 212.404
21. Paul Tracy Dragon 212.305
22. Mike Conway Andretti 212.260
23. Marco Andretti Andretti 212.223
24. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 212.221
25. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 212.091
26. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 212.033
27. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 211.762
28. Jay Howard Rahal/Schmidt 211.691
29. Simona de Silvestro HVM 210.855
30. James Jakes Dale Coyne