Alex Tagliani won the pole for the 95th Indianapolis on Saturday in dramatic fashion. The driver of the #77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports entry was the last car to attempt a qualifying run during Pole Day, and he just edged Scott Dixon for the prime spot. His 4 lap average of 227.4 mph was the fastest run of the day, as everything came together perfectly for the first Canadian-born driver to sit on pole at Indy.
The Fast 9 lived up to its promised drama, with the fastest cars all going out for one run at a time during the final hour of qualifying. Delayed by a brief rain storm that brought the first qualifying session to an early end, driver after driver took a shot at the $100,000 prize. Newman-Haas driver Oriel Servia held the top spot for much of the session, until Scott Dixon went P1. He and Team Ganassi teammate Dario Franchitti both encountered fueling issues, with Dixon running out coming to the checker, and Dario going empty in turn 2 of his final lap.
Twenty-four drivers qualified for the show today, and here is a brief rundown.
Row 1 - Alex Tagliani, Scott Dixon, Oriel Servia
Row 2 - Townsend Bell, Will Power, Dan Wheldon
Row 3 - Buddy Rice, Ed Carpenter, Dario Franchitti
Row 4 - Takuma Sato, Vitor Meira, JR Hildebrand
Row 5 - James Hinchcliffe, Bertrand Baguette, Davey Hamilton
Row 6 - Helio Castroneves, John Andretti, EJ Viso
Row 7 - Bruno Junquiera, Justin Wilson, Jay Howard
Row 8 - Tomas Scheckter, Tony Kanaan, Simona de Silvestro
Fifteen drivers are going to aim for the final nine spots tomorrow, they are Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti, Danica Patrick, Mike Conway, Scott Speed, Ho-Pin Tung, Graham Rahal, Charlie Kimball, Paul Tracy, Pippa Mann, Sebastian Saavedra, Raphael Matos, James Jakes, and Alex Lloyd.
"Seanny D Covers Indy" will be back out at the track tomorrow for Bump Day. Keep track of all the action on Twitter at @SeannyDIndy!
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