Indy Pole Goes to Briscoe and Chevrolet
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Ryan Brisoce put his Chevrolet powered Penske Racing machine on the pole position for May 27th’s Indianapolis 500 mile race. Briscoe’s four-lap time of 2 minutes, 38.9514 seconds (average speed of 226.484 mph) in the 90-minute shootout for the top nine qualifiers bested the time of 2:38.9537 (226.481) posted by James Hinchcliffe to earn the pole position for the 96th Running of the 500 Mile Race. Briscoe is the initial Australian citizen to sit on the pole at Indianapolis (Scott Dixon was born in Australia but claims New Zealand as his homeland). It’s the 17th pole commence for team proprietor Roger Penske at the Speedway. The time differential of 0.0023 of a second is the nearest 1-2 in race qualifying history (equivalent to 9.168 inches over the four laps). The 1970 time tryouts yielded a divergence of 0.01 of a second amongst pole winner Al Unser (3:31.49) and Johnny Rutherford. "This is unbelievable." said Briscoe, "Those four laps were so good and so consistent. It was Lap 4 that won me the pole today; that was the set up I had on it. Everyone at Team Penske has worked so hard. Chevrolet, man, they gave us the horsepower. I’m actually proud of them and IZOD. Getting a pole at Indy, this is huge. I surely had good schooling from Rick Mears and Helio Castroneves. It feels good to get my original one here." Brisoce’s team owner, Roger Penske, told reporters, "It is all in regards to our people, the team, and surely Ryan (Briscoe) necessitated this one. He’s done a outstanding occupation for us. Today he stretched himself. The guys did a outstanding job. It was just a pleasure to fetch that Chevrolet engine down home to the front with IZOD as our sponsor. I want to thank every one that has supported our team for so a good deal of years, peculiarly the families. This actually is one for Paul Morgan with Ilmor. He helped us build the Chevy engine and was killed in a plane crash. I want to give this pole position to Paul and his family." This is the record 17th Indianapolis 500 pole for team owner Roger Penske. Other Penske pole winners: Rick Mears (1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991), Helio Castroneves (2003, 2007, 2009, 2010), Tom Sneva (1977, 78), Bobby Unser (1981), Emerson Fittipaldi (1990), Al Unser Jr. (1994), Sam Hornish Jr. (2006). James Hinchcliffe, who proceeds to do a much better occupation with the Go Daddy car then Danica Patrick, missed the pole by .003 (three one-thousandths of a mile per hour), qualifying for the middle of the front row in the Go Daddy Chevy at 226.481 mph. Hinchcliffe carried gloves autographed by his boyhood hero, the late Greg Moore, in his uniform for each of his qualifying attempts, described the bittersweet emotion of coming so close to winning the pole in the No. 27 Go Daddy car. "It’s heartbreaking in a sense, you know, but at the end of the day we get to commence on the front row of the Indy 500, and that’s just the coolest thing ever," he said. "It’s been a big team effort. You’ll see our cars are starting second, third and fourth on the grid, the other two drivers, they made the show today. It’s awful to see the kind of results we’re getting because these guys have been working so hard. Having the Go Daddy Chevy starting in the middle of the front row is beauteous exciting, and like I said I’m going to lose a little bit of sleep over how little that margin was to Ryan (Briscoe) and knowing that we had it there for three or four laps, but you know… that’s Indy, man. It’s a gust of wind, it’s a shadow over a corner that changes and that may be the difference. At the end of the day, it’s a outstanding result for us." Starting alongside him for the ’500′ will be Ryan Hunter-Reay, who drove the DHL/Sun Drop car to the third position at a speed of 226.240 mph. Starting the race from the inside of row two will be Marco Andretti in the RC Cola Chevrolet, who put his car in the show with a speed of 225.456 mph. Will Power and four-time pole sitter Helio Castroneves will be nest to Andretti in Row 2. Rookie Josef Newgarden — the only Honda driver in the shootout – and KV Racing Technology teammates Tony Kanaan and E.J. Viso will percentage Row 3. This is the primary time Chip Ganassi Racing failed to qualify a car in the original three rows of the Indianapolis 500 since 2005. Graham Rahal qualified 12th, Charlie Kimball 14th, Scott Dixon 15th and Dario Franchitti 16th today. In 2005, Dixon qualified 13th, Darren Manning 19th and Ryan Briscoe 24th. "Every fellow member of the Target team is working so hard." said Franchitti, "We’re just having a hard time figuring this one out. It’s not been a very good qualifying day for us. It just shows that every one may get it defective sometimes. Today as a unit, myself and the rest of the Target guys, we’re just off. We’re not where we need to be to qualify for the pole. There’s a bit of head-scratching going on. We’ve tried a number of dissimilar things." Starting Grid after Saturday’s qualifying SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE (all times local): 6:30 a.m. Garages open 9-10 a.m. Indianapolis 500 exercise Noon-6 p.m. Indianapolis 500 Qualifications (positions 25-33) |
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Sunday, 6 May 2012, 6:59 pm Press Release: AWPA
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