Wheldon on pole, Sarah 9th, Quattro 10th

[indycool]

http://www.indycar.com/

Top nine just a couple tenths apart.....

[ChicagocrewIRL]

Way to go Sarah.

Patrick's qualifying was a disappointment. Still her lap time was only .341 seconds off P1. I may have to eat my words about Danica that I have written on here.

Looks like every other AGR driver did fantastic in qualifying. Way to go boys.

Sharpie did well too. Gotta love this guy. I could be wrong but is he the only guy to have been in the IRL since that first Disney World race in what seems like a million years ago ?

Kosuke = disappointment, same for Vitor. I hope they can get a better race setup than what they qualified with.

Helio,Simmons, and Rice are other disappointments.

And right where they should be Wheldon, Hornish, Dixon.
And right where they should be as well Roth,Manning,Carpenter

Still....only a .8035 second difference in best laptimes between P1 and P20. Which translates into a 4:02 delta over 300 miles betweeen P1 and P20.

Best speed numbers aren't as encouraging with lap speed difference of 6.689mph between P1 and P20.

Let's go racing.

[iks]

Looks like Sharp is the only one still there. He also had 18 starts in CART, first one at Laguna Seca 1993.





Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid
1 12 Buzz Calkins USA Bradley Motorsports Reynard Ford 200 1h33m30.748s 35 5
2 20 Tony Stewart USA Team Menard Lola Menard 200 1h33m31.614s 33 7
3 54 Robbie Buhl USA Beck Motorsports Reynard Ford 198 - 32 13
4 14 Michele Alboreto ITA Scandia/Simon Racing Lola Ford 198 - 31 33
5 21 Roberto Guerrero COL Pagan Reynard Ford 197 - 30 2
6 11 Mike Groff USA Foyt Reynard Ford 195 - 29 12
7 75 Johnny O'Connell USA Cunningham Motorsports Reynard Ford 195 - 28 15
8 90 Lyn St James USA Scandia/Simon Racing Lola Ford 192 - 27 11
9 18 John Paul Jr USA PDM Racing Lola Menard 190 - 26 16
R 03 Eddie Cheever USA Team Menard Lola Menard 184 Accident 25 20
R 41 Scott Sharp USA Foyt Lola Ford 184 Accident 24 4
R 14 Davey Hamilton USA Foyt Lola Ford 173 Accident 23 6
R 17 Stan Wattles USA Leigh Miller Racing Lola Ford 144 Accident 22 8
R 05 Arie Luyendyk NED Byrd/Leberle-Treadway Racing Reynard Ford 132 Gearbox 21 3
R 02 Scott Brayton USA Team Menard Lola Menard 105 Handling 20 10
R 09 Stephan Gregoire FRA Hemelgarn Reynard Ford 69 Gearbox 19 9
R 91 Buddy Lazier USA Hemelgarn Reynard Ford 61 Brakes 18 1
R 16 Johnny Parsons Jr USA Blueprint Racing Lola Menard 45 Suspension 17 17
R 04 Richie Hearn USA Della Penna Reynard Ford 17 Accident 16 19
R 25 David Kudrave USA Tempero/Giuffre Racing Lola Buick 4 Transmission 15 18
DNQ 07 Eliseo Salazar CHL Scandia/Simon Racing Lola Ford - - - -
DNQ 81 Rick DeLorto USA Rick DeLorto Racing Lola Buick - - - -
DNQ 15 Bill Tempero USA Tempero/Giuffre Racing Lola Buick - - - -
DNQ 26 Jim Buick USA O'Brien Motorsports Lola Buick - - - -
DNQ 77 Butch Bricknell USA Bricknell Racing Lola Buick - Accident - -

[ChicagocrewIRL]

THANKS iks !!!

That's amazing you had that info 20 secs after I posted. Very cool of you !

Sharpie is my newest greatest hero of the IRL. He is IRONMAN.

[Komahawk]

Sharp rules! I'm hoping that maybe he can win a race this year!

[indycool]

Given the right circumstances, Sharp's capable.....he's won before.....

Danica was in the top five in the second practice session, IIRC....maybe they just missed the qualifying setup.......

[harvick#1]

Way same for Vitor. I hope they can get a better race setup than what they qualified with.

Helio,Simmons, and Rice are other disappointments.

Disappointments, they are only 3 tenths off the pole, in IRL that's nothing.

isn't there an old saying that is not where you start, it where you finish

Helio, Buddy, Vitor will all be up there before the day is out

[Scheckterfan54]

Sharp and simmons were moved to the back for a nascar style "rules infraction"