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Dixon Claims Pole For Road Runner Turbo Indy 300

KANSAS CITY, Kan., Saturday, April 26, 2008 – Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon swept the front row starting positions for Sunday’s Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway.

Dixon claimed his 10th career PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award with a four-lap average speed of 213.956 mph (1 minute, 42.3014 seconds). Dixon, driving the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone, will share Row 1 with teammate Dan Wheldon, the defending race winner. Wheldon, the final qualifier, had a four-lap average of 213.641 mph (1:42.4521).

“The Team Target cars were very close right off the trailer,” said Dixon. “We didn’t have to do too much to them. We changed the balance here and there a little bit. Dan (Wheldon) was maybe a tenth (of a second) quicker than us this morning. It was hard to tell because there were so many cars on track that you couldn’t get a clean lap. I think we have to put a lot of it down to the guys on the team. The guys that prepare these cars are very critical to aerodynamics, especially when you’re by yourself. In a pack it doesn’t show that much, but a lot of credit goes to them for being ready for today.”

Danica Patrick, who six days earlier made history by becoming the first female to win a major closed-course auto race, posted a four-lap average of 213.225 mph and will start third. Tomas Scheckter, making his IndyCar Series season debut in the No. 12 Luczo Dragon Racing car, will join her on Row 2. Vision Racing teammates A.J. Foyt IV and Ed Carpenter will share Row 3, with Foyt checking in with a career-best fourth.

Also on April 26, AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing teammates Raphael Matos and Arie Luyendyk Jr. topped the practice times in preparation for tomorrow’s Kansas Lottery 100. SWE Pole Qualifying will take place Sunday morning prior to the race.

PEAK MOTOR OIL POLE QUALIFYING PRESENTED BY AUTOZONE NOTES:

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