Dario Franchitti set fast time in qualifying Saturday for Sunday’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Photo by Richard Dowdy
Dario Franchitti, who is competing in his 250th Indy car race, claimed the Verizon P1 Award for the 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The four-time IZOD IndyCar Series champion, who won the race in 2009, posted a quick lap of 1 minute, 07.2379 seconds in the waning seconds of the 10-minute Firestone Fast Six on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit to earn his first pole start since Toronto last July.
“(Winning the pole) meant a lot,” Franchitti said. “We had a very fast race car in Barber, but man, we really made a mess of qualifying. Today it was nice to go out there and really have a great car and get everything out of it. So thank you to everyone on the Target team because it’s been a tough start to the season, especially for the No. 10 but really with everybody.”
It was the 30th pole (tied with Sebastien Bourdais for seventh all time) of his Indy car career, which began in 1997. Franchitti is seeking to break a tie with Bourdais and Paul Tracy with his 32nd victory. His last win was the 2012 Indianapolis 500.
Five different teams were represented in the Firestone Fast Six and eight comprised Round 2 (12 cars), when Mike Conway set an IZOD IndyCar Series track record of 1:07.1937. Bourdais, competing in the 2006 Champ Car race, holds the record for the current configuration at 1:06.886.
Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was .0555 of a second behind Franchitti in the No. 1 DHL car for Andretti Autosport and will start on the front row for the second consecutive race.
Will Power, last year’s race winner, and Takuma Sato will share Row 2. It was the first time since 2008 that Power has not started on the front row at Long Beach. He went on to win that race.
Izod IndyCar Series
Streets of Long Beach – Long Beach, CA
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Qualifying – April 20, 2013
1. 10 Dario Franchitti 01:07.2379 105.369
2. 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 01:07.2934 105.282
3. 12 Will Power 01:07.3987 105.118
4. 14 Takuma Sato 01:07.4472 105.042
5. 17 Mike Conway 01:07.5994 104.806
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7. 27 James Hinchcliffe 01:07.4358 105.060
8. 11 Tony Kanaan 01:07.5891 104.822
9. 83 Charlie Kimball 01:07.6306 104.757
10. 5 E.J. Viso 01:07.7209 104.618
11. 15 Graham Rahal 01:07.7799 104.527
12. 4 JR Hildebrand 01:07.7902 104.511
13. 16 James Jakes 01:07.9185 104.313
14. 2 A.J. Allmendinger 01:08.2001 103.883
15. 7 Sebastien Bourdais 01:07.9823 104.215
16. 67 Josef Newgarden 01:08.2579 103.795
17. 77 Simon Pagenaud 01:07.9979 104.191
18. 22 Oriol Servia 01:08.2889 103.747
19. 55 Tristan Vautier 01:08.1512 103.957
20. 78 Simona de Silvestro 01:08.3173 103.704
21. 6 Sebastian Saavedra 01:08.4404 103.518
22. 98 Alex Tagliani 01:08.6431 103.212
23. 18 Ana Beatriz 01:09.9133 101.337
24. 20 Ed Carpenter 01:09.0318 102.631
25. 19 Justin Wilson No Time No Speed
26. 25 Marco Andretti 01:09.4506 102.012
27. 9 Scott Dixon 01:09.6706 101.690
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