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IRL: Paul Tracy fails to qualify

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Khatir Soltani
Paul Tracy has failed to qualify for this year Indianapolis 500 after withdrawing his speed and then failing to improve on a highly dramatic Bump Day.

Meanwhile and despite their respective crashes on Saturday, both Tony Kanaan and Takuma Sato made it. They had left both on the outside going into Sunday's six-hour session to decide the final nine spots in the field.

As both made it in, Paul Tracy eventually ended up on the bubble in 33rd, having also started today outside the cut as he had failed to muster sufficient speed on Pole Day.

Confident he could improve his pace, he withdrew his time with 10 minutes to go but effectively knocked himself out of the race as his new attempt was slower than his existing speed.

The achievement of the day was certainly the qualification run of Bruno Junquiera who had just nine practice laps in Fazzt's second car before the Bump Day session as he immediately turned in a speed that would have got him into the top 10 alongside team-mate Alex Tagliani had he run yesterday.


2010 Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid

Pos Driver Team Speed

1. Helio Castroneves Penske 227.970mph
2. Will Power Penske 227.578mph
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 226.990mph
4. Ryan Briscoe Penske 226.554mph
5. Alex Tagliani Fazzt 226.390mph
6. Scott Dixon Ganassi 226.223mph
7. Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman 225.519mph
8. Ed Carpenter Panther/Vision 224.507mph
9. Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas 223.487mph
10. Townsend Bell Ganassi/Schmidt 225.097mph
11. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 225.050mph
12. Raphael Matos de Ferran Dragon 225.029mph
13. Mario Moraes KV 224.888mph
14. Davey Hamilton de Ferran Dragon 224.852mph
15. Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold 224.583mph
16. Marco Andretti Andretti 224.575mph
17. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 224.548mph
18. Dan Wheldon Panther 224.465mph
19. EJ Viso KV 224.380mph
20. Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold 224.261mph
21. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 224.243mph
22. Simona de Silvestro HVM 224.228mph
23. Danica Patrick Andretti 224.219mph
24. Bertrand Baguette Conquest 224.189mph
25. Bruno Junqueira Fazzt 225.662mph
26. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 224.783mph
27. Mario Romancini Conquest 224.641mph
28. John Andretti Andretti 224.518mph
29. Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher 224.434mph
30. Vitor Meira Foyt 224.388mph
31. Takuma Sato KV 224.178mph
32. Tony Kanaan Andretti 224.072mph
33. Sebastian Saavedra Herta 223.634mph


Did not qualify:

Jay Howard Sarah Fisher
Paul Tracy KV
Jaques Lazier Foyt
Milka Duno Dale Coyne



Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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