After dominating the free practice sessions, Will Power (Team Penske) earned his second pole of the season at the Barber Motorsports Park in preparation for the Indy Honda Grand Prix of Alabama.
Up until the end, a Penske 1-2-3 looked possible, with Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves close by. But Ganassi’s Scott Dixon finally managed to snatch third from Castroneves. Justin Wilson (Dreyer & Reinbold) took fifth place despite having to drive with a broken wrist. Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) looked good for a place in the Fast Six until Servia edged him out. Newman/Haas' second driver James Hinchcliffe produced an outstanding performance in qualifying for his IndyCar debut with an 8th place. Once again, Alex Tagliani got Sam Schmidt Motorsports into the top-12 while HVM's Simona de Silvestro and AFS' Raphael Matos missed out on qualification for round two. Alabama Indy Race - Qualifying: Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Will Power Penske 1m11.4546s 2. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m11.7361s + 0.2815s 3. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m11.8826s + 0.4280s 4. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m12.1247s + 0.6701s 5. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 1m12.3085s + 0.8539s 6. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 1m12.4394s + 0.9848s 7. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m11.7090s (Round 2) 8. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 1m11.8183s (Round 2) 9. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m11.8672s (Round 2) 10. Graham Rahal Ganassi 1m11.9712s (Round 2) 11. Takuma Sato KV 1m12.1667s (Round 2) 12. Alex Tagliani Schmidt 1m12.3485s (Round 2) 13. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m12.2559s (Group 1) 14. Raphael Matos AFS 1m12.4094s (Group 2) 15. JR Hildebrand Panther 1m12.2684s (Group 1) 16. Mike Conway Andretti 1m12.5191s (Group 2) 17. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 1m12.3370s (Group 1) 18. EJ Viso KV 1m12.6582s (Group 2) 19. Vitor Meira Foyt 1m12.5677s (Group 1) 20. Sebastien Bourdais Coyne 1m12.6896s (Group 2) 21. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 1m12.5857s (Group 1) 22. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m12.7257s (Group 2) 23. Simon Pagenaud Dreyer & Reinbold 1m12.5900s (Group 1) 24. Tony Kanaan KV 1m12.8892s (Group 2) 25. James Jakes Coyne 1m12.7147s (Group 1) 26. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 1m13.0858s (Group 2)
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