Ryan Hunter-Reay scored the pole for Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar event at City Centre Airport, but will have a 10-grid spot penalty after an unapproved engine change after Toronto two weeks ago. Photo courtesy IndyCar/LAT USA
Ryan Hunter-Reay, who has won the past three IZOD IndyCar Series races, added his first pole of the season to his list of accomplishments.
The series championship points leader, driving the No. 28 Team DHL/Dr Pepper car for Andretti Autosport, recorded a lap of 1 minute, 17.2338 seconds (103.664 mph) on the 2.224-mile, 13-turn City Centre Airport circuit in the Firestone Fast Six shootout to claim the pole for the Edmonton Indy.
It was the second earned Indy car pole for Hunter-Reay, whose last came in 2004. He’ll incur a 10-grid spot penalty, however, the result of an unapproved change of the Chevrolet engine following his victory on the streets of Toronto two weeks ago.
“It was great we picked up a championship point for the pole, but too bad we will be starting 11th instead of first because of the engine change,” Hunter-Reay said. “(The race) will be really interesting for everyone.”
Dario Franchitti, who started from the pole in each of Hunter-Reay’s victories, will share Row 1 with Team Penske’s Ryan Briscoe. Franchitti, driving the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, was .0108 of a second off Hunter-Reay’s pace in attempting to earn his 30th Indy car pole.
Izod IndyCar Series
Edmonton City Centre Airport – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton Indy Qualifying – July 21, 2012
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay – 01:17.2338, 103.664
2. Dario Franchitti – 01:17.2446, 103.650
3. Ryan Briscoe – 01:17.4238, 103.410
4. Takuma Sato – 01:17.5526, 103.238
5. Alex Tagliani – 01:17.6139, 103.157
6. Helio Castroneves – 01:17.6401, 103.122
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11. Graham Rahal – 01:28.6737, 90.291
12. James Hinchcliffe – 01:28.7409, 90.222
13. Justin Wilson – 01:16.6190, 104.496
14. Sebastien Bourdais – 01:16.9747, 104.013
15. Josef Newgarden – 01:16.7533, 104.313
16. James Jakes – 01:16.9900, 103.993
17. Marco Andretti – 01:16.9881, 103.995
18. E.J. Viso – 01:16.9920, 103.990
19. Charlie Kimball – 01:17.0078, 103.969
20. Oriol Servia – 01:17.3906, 103.454
21. JR Hildebrand – 01:17.5285, 103.270
22. Tony Kanaan – 01:17.5441, 103.250
23. Simona de Silvestro – 01:17.9789, 102.674
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