Indy 500: Alex Tagliani in pole position at Indy 500

Alex Tagliani (Sam Schmidt Motorsports) who was one of the most swift drivers throughout the week finally got his first career pole position for the presentation of the Indianapolis 500 next Sunday.

Obviously, all observers were waiting tenors Ganassi or Penske teams as those who would fight for the honor but Tagliani has shown that it was obviously the strongest today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

But it was Scott Dixon, who still seemed to be that which would be the fastest but the Ganassi driver lost all his ways when his car ran out of fuel at the outlet of the fourth turn, leaving him second on the grid.

Oriol Servia (Newman / Haas), who was also convincing this week, remained in the lead pack and is thus placed on the first line starting with the 3rd place.

The productive day of the team Sam Schmidt should not stop with Tagliani's teammate since the latter, Townsend Bell, takes the 4th place in the standings before the leader Will Power Series (Penske) that completes the top 5

The remaining positions on the starting grid will be decided at the famous Bump Day on Sunday as several major players have yet to find a place with Penske driver Ryan Briscoe, Graham Rahal (Ganassi), Paul Tracy (Dreyer & Reinbold) and the 4 Autosport drivers Andretti.


Pos Driver Team Speed

1. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 227.472mph
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 227.340mph
3. Oriol Servia's Newman / Haas 227.168mph
4. Townsend Bell Sam Schmidt 226.887mph
5. Will Power Penske 226.773mph
6. Herta Dan Wheldon 226.490mph
7. Panther Buddy Rice 225.786mph
8. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher 225.121mph
9. Dario Franchitti Ganassi
10. Takuma Sato KV 225.736mph
11. Vitor Meira Foyt 225.590mph
12. JR Hildebrand Panther 225.579mph
13. James Hinchcliffe Newman / Haas 225.572mph
14. Baguette Lanigan Rahal Letterman 225.285mph
15. Davey Hamilton Dreyer & Reinbold 225.250mph
16. Helio Castroneves Penske 225.216mph
17. Petty, John Andretti / Andretti 224.981mph
18. EJ Viso KV 224.732mph
19. Bruno Junqueira Foyt 224.691mph
20. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 224.511mph
21. Jay Howard Rahal / Schmidt 224.483mph
22. Tomas Scheckter KV / HS 224.433mph
23. Tony Kanaan KV 224.417mph
24. Simona Silvestro HVM 224.392mph

Have yet to qualify:
Paul Tracy Dreyer & Reinbold 224.353mph
Charlie Kimball Ganassi 224.262mph
Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 224.258mph
Ryan Briscoe Penske 224.134mph
Marco Andretti Andretti 224.074mph
Danica Patrick Andretti 223.831mph
Graham Rahal Ganassi 223.822mph
Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 223.564mph
Pippa Mann Conquest 223.070mph
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti 222.951mph
Raphael Matos AFS 222.786mph
Mike Conway Andretti 222.247mph
James Jakes Dale Coyne 221.846mph
Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 221.526mph
Ho-Pin Tung Schmidt / Dragon