Alex Tagliani (Sam Schmidt Motorsports) who had been one of the quickest driver of the week earned his first ever pole position for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 nest Sunday.
Everyone expected the likes of the Penske or Ganassi drivers to be on the up and up for the qualifying session but Tagliani proved in the end that he was the guy to beat at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
But Scott Dixon was looking as though he would be hard to beat but the Ganassi ace lost speed on his final lap as the car ran out of fuel exiting Turn 4, leaving the veteran second on the grid. Oriol Servia (Newman/Haas) was also quick on the track today as he had been all week long as he was able to complete the front row in third. Sam Schmidt's excellent day continued with Tagliani's team-mate Townsend Bell taking fourth while championship leader Will Power (Penske) completed the top 5. The remaining grid positions will be set during Sunday's Bump Day qualifying. Leading drivers still trying to get into the race include Penske's Ryan Briscoe, Ganassi's Graham Rahal, Dreyer & Reinbold driver Paul Tracy and all four of Andretti Autosport's full-time entrants. Pos Driver Team Speed 1. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 227.472mph 2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 227.340mph 3. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 227.168mph 4. Townsend Bell Sam Schmidt 226.887mph 5. Will Power Penske 226.773mph 6. Dan Wheldon Herta 226.490mph 7. Buddy Rice Panther 225.786mph 8. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher 225.121mph 9. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 10. Takuma Sato KV 225.736mph 11. Vitor Meira Foyt 225.590mph 12. JR Hildebrand Panther 225.579mph 13. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 225.572mph 14. Bertrand Baguette Rahal Letterman Lanigan 225.285mph 15. Davey Hamilton Dreyer & Reinbold 225.250mph 16. Helio Castroneves Penske 225.216mph 17. John Andretti Petty/Andretti 224.981mph 18. EJ Viso KV 224.732mph 19. Bruno Junqueira Foyt 224.691mph 20. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 224.511mph 21. Jay Howard Rahal/Schmidt 224.483mph 22. Tomas Scheckter KV/SH 224.433mph 23. Tony Kanaan KV 224.417mph 24. Simona de Silvestro HVM 224.392mph Yet to qualify: Paul Tracy Dreyer & Reinbold 224.353mph Charlie Kimball Ganassi 224.262mph Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 224.258mph Ryan Briscoe Penske 224.134mph Marco Andretti Andretti 224.074mph Danica Patrick Andretti 223.831mph Graham Rahal Ganassi 223.822mph Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 223.564mph Pippa Mann Conquest 223.070mph Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 222.951mph Raphael Matos AFS 222.786mph Mike Conway Andretti 222.247mph James Jakes Dale Coyne 221.846mph Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 221.526mph Ho-Pin Tung Schmidt/Dragon
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