RYAN BRISCOE (No. 6 Team Penske, qualified first): “This one didn’t come easy. I was doing all I could just to make it into the Firestone Fast Six. We were making setup changes throughout the session. We just really got it together in the last 10 minutes of qualifying. It’s phenomenal. To have Team Penske 1-2 is absolutely perfect.”
HELIO CASTRONEVES (No. 3 Team Penske, second): “We had a great day today. Team Penske did an awesome job putting together another front row sweep. I would have liked to start on the pole position, but Ryan (Briscoe) did a great job. We were pushing out there, and I could see everyone else was pushing, too. I think it’s better to play catch up. People have a number to go for, so they take some chances and they may be able to beat it in one lap. In the last session, the second group had just finished running and they were still hot, so I was just trying to make the most of the opportunity. It was just one of those laps where you don’t want to make a mistake, so I pushed to a certain limit. It just wasn’t good enough for pole.”
ORIOL SERVIA (No. 5 KV Racing Technology, third): “I am very happy with the performance of the whole KV Racing Technology team. We are the only transition team to have both drivers in the top five, which I think says a lot about where we have come from and where we are right now. The car has felt really good all weekend, so we have everything in our hands to leave Edmonton with a very good result tomorrow. “(About going from seventh to second in Segment Two) “I knew I had it in the No. 5 KVRT car. I had a couple of laps that I got traffic and I got frustrated because I knew I had the lap time to get me into the top six, but fortunately we had that one lap wonder to pull it together and the car performed.”
SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing, fourth): “It was a pretty good day for us. I can’t believe how close the times were. Kudos for (Ryan) Briscoe and Team Penske for another pole, but we definitely have a good race car here, and we look to be strong tomorrow.”
WILL POWER (No. 8 Aussie Vineyards-Team Australia, fifth): “It was very competitive. I think it’s a long race tomorrow and we’ll be right there. I’ve very happy for the team to have two cars in the top five.”
JUSTIN WILSON (No. 02 McDonald’s Racing Team, sixth): “It was a really good day, right up to the end of the second session. We needed to make the car faster during the day and gain confidence so I could attack more, and I was pleased with the progress. But at the end of the second session, I pushed the car too hard and lost the back exiting (Turn) 6 and made contact with the wall in (Turn) 7. It’s disappointing, but that’s how it goes. I’m sure the guys will do a good job putting the car back together and we will be able to challenge for the win tomorrow.”
BRUNO JUNQUEIRA (No. 18 Z-Line Designs, seventh): “I’m happy with qualifying seventh today, which is the best we have qualified this season. After we crashed the car and damaged it in practice yesterday, I wish I could have given the team a pole for their great effort they put into fixing car. I think they we here until five in the morning working on the car. Hopefully we will have a great result in the race on Saturday.”
GRAHAM RAHAL (No. 06 Hole in the Wall Camps, eighth): “It’s our highest qualifying on a road course this year, so we are pretty happy about that, but we definitely could have had a better run and definitely would have at the end. On the first run, I couldn’t get a clear track, and on the second run it went yellow, and it killed us. When we got back out there on the new tires for our second run, the car felt pretty darn good. I thought we could make up some time, but it didn’t end up happening. After the yellow, I went back out and didn’t feel that I had all the grip, so I was sliding around quite a lot. Unfortunately I didn’t have enough to keep it in the top six. I didn’t think anybody was going to go any quicker because there was less than two minutes to go, but a few of them did and dropped us out of the top six. It’s going to be pretty tough and physical. It will be hot out, and the track is bumpy s o it will rattle you a lot. Two hours is going to be pretty difficult, but we are going to work hard to get a good results for Rexall, the Oilers and all of the associate sponsors.”
MARIO MORAES (No. 19 Sonny’s Bar-B-Q, 10th): “We have a fast car, and it showed today. I’m disappointed about how things ended, but I’m happy with a 10th starting spot. I was trying to push too hard and spun coming out of the turn. I’m pretty sure we would have made the Firestone Fast Six if that didn’t happen.”
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