Dixon on Mid-Ohio pole; title contenders deep in the pack
The lineup has been set for the Mid-Ohio round of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series championship.
Polesitter Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
IndyCar Series
Scott Dixon is looking to get back in the title fight and so far, he's gotten the job done. He will start from pole position in tomorrow's race. Will Power will start alongside, making it a Ganassi/Penske front row.
In 1999, Dario Franchitti set the fastest lap ever at the circuit, going 1:05.347 seconds. One year later, Gil de Ferran ran the identical time. And now, 15 years after that, Dixon has blown that time out of the water with a 1:04.5814.
“It’s great that the Target car has a lot of speed, but as you saw last year with us winning from the last row that anything can happen,” said Dixon.
"We can't really race for the championship right now. We have to race for wins. It is hard with that mind-set when you get close. There are 200 and something points on the table. We've been strong all year, but we haven't got the results that we wanted. We'll see what we can do."
Sebastien Bourdais and Helio Castroneves will share the second row, ahead of Josef Newgarden and Charlie Kimball.
After winning at Iowa, Honda failed to get even a single car into the Fast Six for Mid-Ohio. Hunter-Reay was their best showing back in seventh while Graham Rahal, who comes into this race second in the standings, was 13th.
Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya will be nearby in 10th, behind Tony Kanaan and Luca Filippi.
Qualifying results:
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
1 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1'04.5814 | - |
2 | Will Power | Penske | 1'04.6782 | 0.0968 |
3 | Sebastien Bourdais | KV Racing | 1'04.9965 | 0.4151 |
4 | Helio Castroneves | Penske | 1'05.0625 | 0.4811 |
5 | Josef Newgarden | CFH Racing | 1'05.0728 | 0.4914 |
6 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1'05.0784 | 0.4970 |
7 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | 1'05.0455 | 0.4641 |
8 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1'05.0647 | 0.4833 |
9 | Luca Filippi | CFH Racing | 1'05.1616 | 0.5802 |
10 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Penske | 1'05.2081 | 0.6267 |
11 | Jack Hawksworth | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 1'05.2291 | 0.6477 |
12 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | 1'05.3931 | 0.8117 |
13 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 1'05.9650 | 1.3836 |
14 | Justin Wilson | Andretti Autosport | 1'05.5886 | 1.0072 |
15 | Simon Pagenaud | Penske | 1'05.9877 | 1.4063 |
16 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 1'05.5933 | 1.0119 |
17 | James Jakes | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 1'06.0671 | 1.4857 |
18 | Stefano Coletti | KV Racing | 1'05.6204 | 1.0390 |
19 | Sage Karam | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1'06.0688 | 1.4874 |
20 | Ryan Briscoe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 1'05.7053 | 1.1239 |
21 | Gabby Chaves | Bryan Herta Autosport | 1'06.2195 | 1.6381 |
22 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Dale Coyne Racing | 1'05.9698 | 1.3884 |
23 | Carlos Munoz | Andretti Autosport | 1'06.9891 | 2.4077 |
24 | Tristan Vautier | Dale Coyne Racing | 1'06.0814 | 1.5000 |
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