Dixon, Wheldon make up all-Target/Ganassi front row at Kansas
Written by Scott Keller · April 26, 2008
The Target Team has got the 1.5 mile ovals figured out, that is for sure. Their duo of drivers, Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon, will start side-by-side on the front row after qualifying first and second in today’s 4-lap qualifying session. In surprising fashion, Thomas Scheckter pedaled his Dallara into fourth place, and will start on the outside of Danica Patrick. He’s running for the Luczo Dragon Tracing team that has only had their Dallara for two-weeks, and they are a thread to win this race. Maybe Roger Penske has given his kid some trick parts to his kid? I’m thinking so.
And then there is the story of Marty Roth who blew the socks off of everyone with his performance.
Roth, who barely could keep his car pointed in the right direction at St. Pete, qulified seventh! He will start ahead of the likes of Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Tony Kanaan, and Marco Andretti. In fact, Roth is the meat in the sandwich between the two Penske cars behind, and the two Vision cars ahead. And speaking of Vision, the Tony George owned team has done their oval homework over the winter, and are looking pretty solid.
Tony Kanaan was not a happy camper, and he sounds pretty worked up about the performance of his team. I think he might be feeling like the forgotten senior-driver at AGR with all of the drooling over Danica’s win last week. It would be great to see Kanaan charge from mid-pack and fight for the front, but AGR has some work to do on his car.
The last ten qualifiers are the nine “transition teams” plus Milka Dunno. I feel bad for Bruno, because getting beat by Dunno means that his car is total junk. This guy can drive, and he can race ovals, and he needs to be with a better team.
On the other hand, good job by Jaime Camara. He jumped into the car and put up a respectable speed on such short notice.
Here’s the starting grid for tomorrow’s race, that will be shown live on ESPN2. Check our “Racing On TV” page for more information about television coverage in your part of the world.
Grid: Road Runner Turbo Indy 300
Row 1
Pos. 1
Scott Dixon
Car # 9
Speed/Time: 213.956/1:42.3014
Pos. 2
Dan Wheldon
Car # 10
Speed/Time: 213.641/1:42.4521
Row 2
Pos. 3
Danica Patrick
Car # 7
Speed/Time: 213.225/1:42.6519
Pos. 4
Tomas Scheckter
Car # 12
Speed/Time: 212.762/1:42.8753
Row 3
Pos. 5
A.J. Foyt IV
Car # 2
Speed/Time: 212.478/1:43.0132
Pos. 6
Ed Carpenter
Car # 20
Speed/Time: 212.401/1:43.0503
Row 4
Pos. 7
Marty Roth
Car # 25
Speed/Time: 212.182/1:43.1568
Pos. 8
Helio Castroneves
Car # 3
Speed/Time: 212.078/1:43.2072
Row 5
Pos. 9
Ryan Briscoe
Car # 6
Speed/Time: 211.979/1:43.2556
Pos. 10
Vitor Meira
Car # 4
Speed/Time: 211.843/1:43.3219
Row 6
Pos. 11
Tony Kanaan
Car # 11
Speed/Time: 211.804/1:43.3409
Pos. 12
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Car # 17
Speed/Time: 211.681/1:43.4008
Row 7
Pos. 13
Hideki Mutoh
Car # 27
Speed/Time: 211.346/1:43.5646
Pos. 14
Marco Andretti
Car # 26
Speed/Time: 211.256/1:43.6088
Row 8
Pos. 15
Jay Howard
Car # 24
Speed/Time: 210.617/1:43.9230
Pos. 16
Darren Manning
Car # 14
Speed/Time: 210.341/1:44.0597
Row 9
Pos. 17
EJ Viso
Car # 33
Speed/Time: 210.112/1:44.1730
Pos. 18
Will Power
Car # 8
Speed/Time: 210.091/1:44.1833
Row 10
Pos. 19
Jaime Camara
Car # 34
Speed/Time: 209.922/1:44.2671
Pos. 20
Graham Rahal
Car # 06
Speed/Time: 209.799/1:44.3284
Row 11
Pos. 21
Buddy Rice
Car # 15
Speed/Time: 209.766/1:44.3448
Pos. 22
Justin Wilson
Car # 02
Speed/Time: 209.405/1:44.5248
Row 12
Pos. 23
Oriol Servia
Car # 5
Speed/Time: 209.239/1:44.6076
Pos. 24
Milka Duno
Car # 23
Speed/Time: 208.516/1:44.9702
Row 13
Pos. 25
Enrique Bernoldi
Car # 36
Speed/Time: 208.442/1:45.0075
Pos. 26
Bruno Junqueira
Car # 18
Speed/Time: 208.022/1:45.2198
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