Montoya on Milwaukee pole

The Columbian, who scored an impressive victory in the Indy 500 last week, had the fastest lap at 20.899sec.

Scot Dario Franchitti turned his bad luck around and qualified second.

Patrick Carpentier, Gil de Ferran, Christian Fittipaldi, Paul Tracy, Roberto Moreno, Mauricio Gugelmin, Max Papis and Michael Andretti completed the top-10.

Qualifying positions from Milwaukee:

1 Juan Montoya Ganassi Lola-Toyota 20.899s
2 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green Reynard-Honda 20.954s
3 Patrick Carpentier Player's/Forsythe Reynard-Ford 20.964s
4 Gil de Ferran Penske Reynard-Honda 20.975s
5 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Lola-Ford 21.005s
6 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green Reynard-Honda 21.087s
7 Roberto Moreno Patrick Reynard-Ford 21.096s
8 Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Reynard-Mercedes 21.116s
9 Max Papis Team Rahal Reynard-Ford 21.120s
10 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Lola-Ford 21.140s
11 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Reynard-Mercedes 21.168s
12 Helio Castroneves Penske Reynard-Honda 21.169s
13 Alex Tagliani Player's/Forsythe Reynard-Ford 21.183s
14 Jimmy Vasser Ganassi Lola-Toyota 21.278s
15 Oriol Servia PPI Reynard-Toyota 21.282s
16 Kenny Brack Team Rahal Reynard-Ford 21.329s
17 Mark Blundell PacWest Reynard-Mercedes 21.379s
18 Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing Swift-Ford 21.383s
19 Adrian Fernandez Patrick Reynard-Ford 21.399s
20 Shinji Nakano Walker Reynard-Honda 21.434s
21 Cristiano da Matta PPI Reynard-Toyota 21.742s
22 Michel Jourdain Jr Bettenhausen Lola-Mercedes 21.878s
23 Luiz Garcia Jr Project Arciero Reynard-Mercedes 22.610s