TEAM TARGET QUALIFIES 7TH, 11TH IN KENTUCKY

IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying/Practice for the Kentucky Indy 300

Qualifying (two-lap combined time)
P1 Will Power (No.12 Honda) at 48.5948 seconds
P2 Graham Rahal (No. 38 Honda) at 48.8028 seconds
P3 James Hinchcliffe (No. 06 Honda) at 48.8391 seconds
P7 Scott Dixon (No. 9 Target Honda) at 48.9500 seconds
P11 Dario Franchitti (No. 10 Downy Honda) at 49.0579 seconds

Practice 1
P1 Scott Dixon (No. 9 Target Honda) at 24.1648 seconds
P2 Vitor Meira (No. 14 Honda) at 24.3062 seconds
P3 Wade Cunningham (No. 17 Honda) at 24.3395 seconds
P4 Dario Franchitti (No. 10 Downy Honda) at 24.3702 seconds

Practice 2
P1 Scott Dixon (No. 9 Target Honda) at 24.2587 seconds
P2 Ryan Hunter-Reay (No. 28 Honda) at 24.2723 seconds
P3 Ed Carpenter (No. 67 Honda) at 24.2930 seconds
P4 Dario Franchitti (No. 10 Downy Honda) at 24.3024 seconds

Notes
• Dixon will be making his ninth career start at Kentucky Speedway this weekend. In his previous eight races in Sparta, he has one victory (2008), four podiums, four top-fives, six top-10s and two poles (2008, 2009).
• Franchitti has made six career starts at Kentucky. In those six starts in the “Bluegrass State”, Franchitti has one top-five, five top-10s and has started inside the top-10 five times.

TCGR Quoteboard
Dario Franchitti: “Balance-wise we did a good job. We made a mistake and had to change the engine before qualifying. The Target guys did a great job changing the engine between sessions under pressure. We just didn't have the speed we did in the first session."

Scott Dixon: "Dario was a little rushed in his run after the engine change and we were really good in race trim. Straight-line speed might be challenging for us but we're still in the championship hunt and focused on doing all we can to keep the Target car in it."