Ryan Briscoe held off a fierce challenge from Justin Wilson in the “Fast Six” final qualifying segment to capture the pole for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Briscoe, the current IndyCar Series points leader and last weekend’s winner at Kentucky, threw down the fastest lap at 121.905 m.p.h. (one minute, 6.6814 seconds) in his No.6 Team Penske car. His lap was .03 seconds faster than Wilson from Dale Coyne Racing. Both drivers ran on the softer Firestone “red” tires. MiamiHerald.com
“I think I’m getting to the point where I show up in the race to where I can go right out and start being aggressive and not just getting a feel for things and playing catch-up the whole weekend,” he said.
“It’s not like I wasn’t trying to win, but a few times I think we got unlucky and a couple of times I think we did get lucky just to finish second,” he said. “It’s just tough, but it’s good that we’re always knocking on the door.”
Briscoe came crashing through last week at Kentucky, where he held off Carpenter by a couple of feet to sneak back in front of former series champions Dixon and Franchitti in the points race. The Associated Press
Reigning IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon will start third in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, while Graham Rahal will share Row 2 after a quick lap of 1:07.0640 in the No. 02 McDonald’s car for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing.
IndyCar Series: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Race Line-Up
Helio Castroneves, who started from the pole in 2007 and ‘08 in the No. 3 Team Penske car, will be on Row 3 with Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dario Franchitti.
Ryan Hunter-Reay (1:07.2364) will start seventh in the No. 14 ABC Supply Inc. entry - his best starting spot of the season and the best for A.J. Foyt Racing since St. Petersburg in 2007 with Darren Manning behind the wheel. IndyCar
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