Scott Dixon finally obtained pole position for this year Indianapolis 500 despite having his teammate Dan Wheldon almost beating him at the end of the session. Wheldon had held provisional pole for much of the early afternoon, before being beaten by Dixon and Penske's Ryan Briscoe with just over two hours to go.
Dixon' pole marked the first Indy pole by Ganassi's team since Bruno Junqueira won it in 2002.
Helio Castroneves finished fourth just behind his Penske teammate Briscoe, and ahead of Andretti-Green trio Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti.
None of the Champ Car converts made it into the field today, although Newman/Haas/Lanigan driver Graham Rahal held a provisional 11th position for much of the session before being pushed back when Mutoh - who had his original qualifying run disallowed because he had inadvertently run underweight - got a lap on the board in the last hour.
Day one qualifiers:
Pos Driver Team Speed
1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 226.366
2. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 226.110
3. Ryan Briscoe Penske 226.080
4. Helio Castroneves Penske 225.733
5. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 225.197
6. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 224799
7. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 224.417
8. Vitor Meira Panther 224.346
9. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 223.887
10. Ed Carpenter Vision 223.835
11. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon 223.496
Dixon' pole marked the first Indy pole by Ganassi's team since Bruno Junqueira won it in 2002.
Helio Castroneves finished fourth just behind his Penske teammate Briscoe, and ahead of Andretti-Green trio Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti.
None of the Champ Car converts made it into the field today, although Newman/Haas/Lanigan driver Graham Rahal held a provisional 11th position for much of the session before being pushed back when Mutoh - who had his original qualifying run disallowed because he had inadvertently run underweight - got a lap on the board in the last hour.
Day one qualifiers:
Pos Driver Team Speed
1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 226.366
2. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 226.110
3. Ryan Briscoe Penske 226.080
4. Helio Castroneves Penske 225.733
5. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 225.197
6. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 224799
7. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 224.417
8. Vitor Meira Panther 224.346
9. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 223.887
10. Ed Carpenter Vision 223.835
11. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon 223.496