NHMS QUALIFYING: FRANCHITTI 1ST, DIXON 7TH

IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying/Practice for the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225

Qualifying (Combined two-lap time)
P1 Dario Franchitti (No. 10 Nikon Honda) at 43.1976 seconds
P2 Oriol Servia (No. 2 Honda) at 43.4549 seconds
P3 Tony Kanaan (No. 82  Honda) at 43.4890 seconds
P7 Scott Dixon (No. 9 Target Honda) at 43.6391 seconds

Practice 3
P1 James Hinchcliffe (No. 06 Honda) at 21.6492 seconds
P2 Graham Rahal (No. 38 Honda) at 21.6636 seconds
P3 Tony Kanaan (No. 82 Honda) at 21.6649 seconds
P7 Scott Dixon (No. 9 Target Honda) at 21.8064 seconds
P12 Dario Franchitti (No. 10 Nikon Honda) at 21.9587 seconds

Practice 4
P1 Graham Rahal (No. 38 Honda) at 21.7008 seconds
P2 Dario Franchitti (No. 10 Nikon Honda) at 21.8231 seconds
P3 James Hinchcliffe (No. 06 Honda) at 22.0659 seconds
P6 Scott Dixon (No. 9 Target Honda) at 22.2903 seconds

Notes
• Today’s pole position is the 26th of Dario Franchitti’s Indy car career
• With this pole, Franchitti moves past Paul Tracy for sole possession of ninth on the all-time list. He is now one pole away from tying Al Unser with 27
• Franchitti scored his last pole at the 2011 Milwaukee 225 and went on to win his 29th career Indy car race
• Today’s pole is the 73rd in Indy car racing for TCGR
• This is TCGR’s 45th pole on an oval

TCGR Quoteboard
Dario Franchitti: “The run itself, it was the first time I've been wide open at both ends. On that first lap you go into Turn 1 wide open wondering if it's going to stick or not. If it doesn't stick it's going to get ugly quickly. The whole Target team did a great job coming up with the set-ups and working through the problems this morning with a slick track. (Engineer) Chris (Simmons) and I bounced some ideas back and forth and (the pole run) was the result."

Scott Dixon: "We had tons of grip but it was definitely frustrating for us out there. The other cars trimmed out and we missed out a little on qualifying. Its not what we expected. The track has changed a lot and we can just hope for the best tomorrow for the Target team. We have about a lane and a half for the race so it will be tough to pass."