Indycar series leader Scott Dixon took his sixth pole of the year by beating runner-up Helio Castroneves by more than half a second in the qualification for the Belle Isle race in Detroit.
KV Racing Oriol Servia claimed third finishing just in front of Newman/Haas/Lanigan's Justin Wilson. Ryan Briscoe put the second Penske entry fifth on the grid, alongside Wilson's teammate Graham Rahal.
Qualifications were not as easy for everyone as a number of drivers were involved in accidents or with car failures as it was the case for EJ Viso who had a suspension failure as did both Ganassi's Dan Wheldon and KV Racing's Will Power when there rear supensions broke in Turn 3 but were able to get back on the track.
Tomas Scheckter (Luczo Dragon) and Bruno Junqueira (Dale Coyne) were not so lucky as they were involved in heavy accidents in the first segment.
Alex Tagliani will start 21st for his surprise IRL IndyCar Series debut. The Canadian was another driver to lose his best times for prompting a full course yellow, having spun and blocked the track at Turn 3.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1:12.2861
2. Helio Castroneves Penske 1:12.7649
3. Oriol Servia KV 1:12.9618
4. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:13.0530
5. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1:13.1004
6. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:13.6464
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 1:12.9511
8. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 1:13.2339
9. EJ Viso HVM 1:13.5354
10. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 1:13.9158
11. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 1:13.9267
12. Will Power KV no time
13. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 1:14.1623
14. Vitor Meira Panther 1:13.6678
15. Darren Manning Foyt 1:14.2619
16. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 1:13.9010
17. AJ Foyt IV Vision 1:14.3486
18. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 1:15.0969
19. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 1:14.4841
20. Ed Carpenter Vision 1:15.3061
21. Alex Tagliani Conquest 1:16.6407
22. Jaime Camara Conquest 1:16.7047
23. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 1:19.0865
24. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:22.3955
25. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon no time
KV Racing Oriol Servia claimed third finishing just in front of Newman/Haas/Lanigan's Justin Wilson. Ryan Briscoe put the second Penske entry fifth on the grid, alongside Wilson's teammate Graham Rahal.
Qualifications were not as easy for everyone as a number of drivers were involved in accidents or with car failures as it was the case for EJ Viso who had a suspension failure as did both Ganassi's Dan Wheldon and KV Racing's Will Power when there rear supensions broke in Turn 3 but were able to get back on the track.
Tomas Scheckter (Luczo Dragon) and Bruno Junqueira (Dale Coyne) were not so lucky as they were involved in heavy accidents in the first segment.
Alex Tagliani will start 21st for his surprise IRL IndyCar Series debut. The Canadian was another driver to lose his best times for prompting a full course yellow, having spun and blocked the track at Turn 3.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1:12.2861
2. Helio Castroneves Penske 1:12.7649
3. Oriol Servia KV 1:12.9618
4. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:13.0530
5. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1:13.1004
6. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:13.6464
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 1:12.9511
8. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 1:13.2339
9. EJ Viso HVM 1:13.5354
10. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 1:13.9158
11. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 1:13.9267
12. Will Power KV no time
13. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 1:14.1623
14. Vitor Meira Panther 1:13.6678
15. Darren Manning Foyt 1:14.2619
16. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 1:13.9010
17. AJ Foyt IV Vision 1:14.3486
18. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 1:15.0969
19. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 1:14.4841
20. Ed Carpenter Vision 1:15.3061
21. Alex Tagliani Conquest 1:16.6407
22. Jaime Camara Conquest 1:16.7047
23. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 1:19.0865
24. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:22.3955
25. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon no time
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