Briscoe dominates Indy Car qualifying to take pole at the Glenn

Ryan Briscoe was almost a second faster than the rest of the Indy Car field on July 4th, taking the top spot in the Firestone Fast Six.  Briscoe has been hooked up for the last few weeks, and the pole at the Glenn is his second this season. Briscoe ran the natural-terrain road course with a lap time  1:28.597 at 136.935 mph, beating out Justin Wilson and Scott Dixon who will start 2nd and 3rd respectively. Dario Franchitti looked very quick, but a major shunt in the final moments of qualifying ruined his shot at the pole. His Dallara sustained heavy rear-end damage, although it appeared to be repairable and Dario should start somewhere in the top 6.   The official starting grid will be released later today at Indycar.com. Helio Castroneves didn’t have a good day at the Glenn, and failed to make it out of first round qualifying.  He was knocked out after qualifying P7 in Group B. He should start 14th  (the official grid has not been released at time of post). The race tomorrow... 

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NASCAR

Tony Stewart leads the field to green tonite at Daytona
Article Posted: 07-04-2009

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Motorcycle

Ben Spies turns the Donington Double
Article Posted: 06-28-2009

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IRL

Dixon wins under the lights at Richmond
Article Posted: 06-28-2009

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Formula 1

FIA & FOTA reach agreement to save F1, boot Max in October
Article Posted: 06-24-2009

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NHRA

NHRA Needs To Do The Unthinkable
Article Posted: 05-25-2009

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