Dario Franchitti won the PEAK Performance Pole Award for the Firestone Indy 300 on Oct. 9 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, leading a front-row sweep by Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
Franchitti earned his fifth pole of the season with a four-lap average speed of 212.696 in the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing. Dixon completed the third Ganassi sweep of an IndyCar Series front row at 212.160 in the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing entry. NewsDay
“I was pleasantly surprised since we hadn’t run quite well in practice this morning,” Franchitti said.
“I don’t know if the track got slower at the end, but I think we did about what we were expecting to do,” said Briscoe, who qualified late in the session for a third-place effort.
Ed Carpenter will share the second row with Briscoe, while Alex Lloyd and Graham Rahal will begin from row three. MiamiHerald.com
Qualifying Friday for the Firestone Indy 300 IndyCar Series event on the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed:
1. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 212.696
2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 212.160
3. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 212.137
4. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 211.769
5. (40202) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 211.702
6. (02) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 211.653
7. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 211.258
8. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 210.884
9. (2) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 210.834
10. (5) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 210.819
11. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 210.658
12. (43) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 210.453
13. (18) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 210.420
14. (4) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 210.407
15. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 210.315
16. (67) Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda, 210.174
17. (23) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 210.020
18. (13) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 209.773
19. (27) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 209.623
20. (24) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 208.971
21. (14) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 208.536
22. (33) Robert Doornbos, Dallara-Honda, 207.352
23. (98) Jaques Lazier, Dallara-Honda, 205.606
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