Dario Franchitti (No. 10 Energizer, PEAK Performance Pole Award winner): “To win the pole at Texas says a lot about the Target guys and the job they do building the car. The regulations are so tight now that it’s all about the details. The cars are so similar. It’s all about how the guys build the car and the changes they make. The team makes a great car and it’s my job in qualifying is not to screw it up. If the car is fast enough, you’re looking good. Tomorrow is going to be interesting. It’s a tough, long and demanding race.”
Click Here to View IndyCar Series Photos
Ryan Briscoe (No. 6 Team Penske, qualified second): “It was a pretty good run; we just weren’t quick enough over four laps and were a tenth (of a second) off. We always treat qualifying as a the first race of the weekend, so it’s always good to go for the pole. It’s a long race and I believe we’ll have a strong race car, which is the most important thing. The night race is always spectacular. I’ve had some good results here, so I always look forward to coming back.”
Helio Castroneves (No. 3 Team Penske, qualified fourth): “I put the pedal to the metal, but it was just one of those days where there was not much happening. It’s too bad because we have a quick car, and we didn’t qualify as fast as I thought we would. But we’ll move on to tomorrow and the important thing is that it’s a long race, and we have a really good car. The fastest car is not always the winner at Texas, I’ve won from the pole, and I’ve won from third place. Overall, I’m happy to be starting in the second row considering last week’s qualifying (Castroneves started last after crashing during qualifying.) Tomorrow night will be a challenge because a lot of people will be close to one another on the track, but hopefully everyone will be smart at the beginning and it will be a good clean race. It will be a long tough race, but it’s always lots of fun here at Texas.”
Danica Patrick (No. 7 Boost Mobile/Motorola, qualified fifth): “The car felt really good as soon as I went out. We made a few small changes to the car for the qualifying run that were helpful. We are trying to have as many options for the Boost Mobile/Motorola car as we can. I wish we could’ve held on to the pole, but I think we are going to be really competitive tomorrow night.”
Mario Moraes (No. 5 KV Racing Technology/Votorantim, qualified sixth): “The KV Racing Technology team has worked really hard on the No. 5 car for the ovals and I think the hard work has paid off in our last four qualifying attempts. We spent yesterday working on our race setup. Today in practice we concentrated on the qualifying setup. We had a good qualifying run today and I think we will have a good car for the race tomorrow.”
| 
|