After a day that saw Chevrolet take eight of the fast nine and the lone Honda being that of Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing and not one of the four Ganassi entries, Ryan Briscoe won the pole for the Indianapolis 500. The fast nine shootout proved to be thrilling once again with Briscoe holding off James Hinchcliffe by 3 thousandths of a mile an hour. He also held off a last minute effort from Ryan Hunter-Reay as Roger Penske now has 17 pole positions for the Indianapolis 500.
Once again, Chevrolet has 8 of the top 9 and also 9 of the top 10. The KV guys showed up today with all three cars in the top 10 and Kanaan and Viso in the fast nine. Josef Newgarden proved to be the best shot for Honda but could only manage 7th. The Ganassi drivers had what can only be discribed as a disappoiting day. Rahal and Kimball bested their veteran teammates, past Indianapolis 500 winners Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti by qualifying 12th and 14th respectively. Dixon and Franchitti ended up 15th and 16th.
There were three hard accidents today that put sure fire first day qualifiers Carpenter and Clauson into Sunday drivers along with Oriol Sevia. Both Foyt cars wer knocked out of the top 24 and will have to qualify Sunday as well. The Lotuses did not see the track today as they are expected to be well off the pace. Former Lotus team Dragon Racing also has to put their two cars into the field.
Heading into tomorrow three rows have to be filled and with only nine cars yet to get in the field it is expected that no bumping will occur. It seems some teams were trying to get last minute deals together but nothing official has been announced. It appears tomorrow may be uneventful but keep an on the track, and the garage area, just in case.
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