Mario Dominguez Get First Champ Car Career Pole In Houston

Written by Josh Katinger · May 13, 2006

The best way to mark your first career pole in a series is to do it with a track-record time, which is exactly what Forsythe Racing driver Mario Dominquez did in Houston.


ChampCarWorldSeries.com: MARIO DOMINGUEZ EARNS FIRST CAREER CHAMP CAR POLE POSITION
Motorsport.com: Dominguez captures first career pole in Houston
ChampCar-Racing.com: Pole Position press conference from Houston

Normal front row resident and Mario’s teammate Paul Tracy couldn’t answer Dominguez’ lap but did notch the second fastest time of the field. However Paul will start from row two alongside A.J. Allmendinger due to Bruno Junqiera’s provisional pole.

Pos Car Driver Nat Team Time Speed
1. 7 Mario Dominguez MEX Forsythe Racing 58.026 104.850
2. 2 Bruno Junqueira BR Newman/Haas Racing 58.918 103.262
3. 3 Paul Tracy CDN Forsythe Racing 58.426 104.132
4. 10 A.J. Allmendinger USA RuSPORT 58.572 103.872
5. 1 Sebastien Bourdais F Newman/Haas Racing 58.627 103.775
6. 15 Alex Tagliani CDN Team Australia Racing 58.765 103.531
7. 9 Justin Wilson GB RuSPORT 58.829 103.418
8. 6 Oriol Servia E PKV Racing 59.062 103.010
9. 4 Nelson Philippe F CTE Racing-HVM 59.232 102.715
10. 5 Will Power* AUS Team Australia 59.302 102.594
11. 34 Charles Zwolsman* NL Conquest Racing 59.385 102.450
12. 14 Dan Clarke* GB CTE Racing-HVM 59.550 102.166
13. 27 Andrew Ranger CDN Conquest Racing 59.740 101.841
14. 19 Cristiano da Matta BR Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.195 101.072
15. 20 Katherine Legge* GB PKV Racing 1:00.265 100.954
16. 8 Nicky Pastorelli* NL Rocketsports Racing 1:00.269 100.947
17. 11 Jan Heylen* BEL Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.839 100.002

* Series rookie

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