Violent thunderstorms halted IRL IndyCar Series proceedings at the Richmond International Raceway on Friday, forcing the series to set the grid for Saturday's SunTrust Indy Challenge on practice times. source: crash.net Although more than half of the 19 cars entered at the three-quarter mile Richmond oval had already made their qualifying attempts, concentrated rain during the afternoon gave IRL officials no other option but so set the grid for Saturday night's 250-lap race based on the combined times from the earlier two sessions. Current championship leader Helio Castroneves will therefore start from pole position alongside Scott Sharp with Thursday test session leader Sam Hornish Jr third on the grid and defending IRL Champion Dan Wheldon fourth. Leading rookie Marco Andretti will start fifth with Vitor Meira, Tony Kanaan, Kosuke Matsuura, Bryan Herta and Dario Franchitti completing the top ten. Danica Patrick will start 15th in her second outing with a Dallara chassis. Complete qualifying results and starting line-up for Saturday's SunTrust Indy Challenge. Note: Qualifying rained out - grid based on practice times 1. Helio Castroneves BRA Marlboro Team Penske Dallara-Honda 2. Scott Sharp USA Fernandez Racing Panoz-Honda 3. Sam Hornish Jr USA Marlboro Team Penske Dallara-Honda 4. Dan Wheldon GB Target Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz-Honda 5. Marco Andretti* USA Andretti-Green Racing Dallara-Honda 6. Vitor Meira BRA Panther Racing Dallara-Honda 7. Tony Kanaan BRA Andretti-Green Racing Dallara-Honda 8. Kosuke Matsuura JPN Super Aguri Fernandez Racing Dallara-Honda 9. Bryan Herta USA Andretti-Green Racing Dallara-Honda 10. Dario Franchitti GB Andretti-Green Racing Dallara-Honda 11. Scott Dixon NZ Target Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz-Honda 12. Tomas Scheckter SA Vision Racing Dallara-Honda 13. Ed Carpenter USA Vision Racing Dallara-Honda 14. Buddy Rice USA Rahal-Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 15. Danica Patrick USA Rahal-Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 16. Jeff Simmons* USA Rahal-Letterman Racing Panoz-Honda 17. Eddie Cheever USA Cheever Racing Dallara-Honda 18. Felipe Giaffone BRA AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara-Honda 19. Buddy Lazier USA Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara-Honda * Denotes series rookie
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