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Castroneves leads Penske to 14th pole at Indy 500
Helio Castroneves clinched the pole with four laps ranging from 225.652 to 225.920 mph.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Roger Penske made the right call Saturday and Helio Castroneves rewarded his car owner with another Indianapolis 500 pole.
Penske, whose elite team has won 14 poles and 14 races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- both records -- watched and waited while all the other contenders for the top qualifying spot in the May 27 race made early qualifying runs.
Dario Franchitti, one of five entries for Andretti Green Racing, posted a four-lap, 10-mile average of 225.191 mph during an early flurry of qualifying and then stood by for five hours before two-time Indy winner Castroneves finally knocked him off the top spot in the final five minutes of the first of four days of time trials, earning his second Indy pole.
But it wasn't all that easy.
Under Indy's new qualifying procedure, each driver was allowed up to three chances to qualify on the opening day. That meant everyone had to make decisions when to go, whether to sit on an early qualifying effort or withdraw that speed and try again.
Saturday's session started at noon and Penske, waiting for the cooler temperatures of late afternoon, finally sent Castroneves out for a qualifying run just after 4 p.m.
Entire article: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=1&id=2868514
Helio Castroneves clinched the pole with four laps ranging from 225.652 to 225.920 mph.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Roger Penske made the right call Saturday and Helio Castroneves rewarded his car owner with another Indianapolis 500 pole.
Penske, whose elite team has won 14 poles and 14 races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- both records -- watched and waited while all the other contenders for the top qualifying spot in the May 27 race made early qualifying runs.
Dario Franchitti, one of five entries for Andretti Green Racing, posted a four-lap, 10-mile average of 225.191 mph during an early flurry of qualifying and then stood by for five hours before two-time Indy winner Castroneves finally knocked him off the top spot in the final five minutes of the first of four days of time trials, earning his second Indy pole.
But it wasn't all that easy.
Under Indy's new qualifying procedure, each driver was allowed up to three chances to qualify on the opening day. That meant everyone had to make decisions when to go, whether to sit on an early qualifying effort or withdraw that speed and try again.
Saturday's session started at noon and Penske, waiting for the cooler temperatures of late afternoon, finally sent Castroneves out for a qualifying run just after 4 p.m.
Entire article: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=1&id=2868514