Bright takes pole on Lights debut
Australian rising star Jason Bright made a spectacular Indy Lights series debut by qualifying on pole in the first session at Long Beach
New Zealand's Scott Dixon makes it an all-Antipodean front row at present, lining up second fastest.
Title favourite Jonny Kane was third in the lead Team KOOL Green car, inheriting the place after PacWest's Tony Renna had his time disallowed for a technical infringement on the rear wing.
'The series officials agree that we were not intentionally doing anything illegal to improve performance but at the same time the car did not meet the guidelines set out in the rule book,' said team manager Ziggy Harcus.
Soheil Ayari, who is combining a Lights programme with top team Brian Stewart Racing and a Formula 3000 drive in Europe with Martello/Coloni, was only 17th quickest on his US debut.
Qualifying order after first session:
|
1 |
Jason Bright |
Dorricott Racing |
|
2 |
Scott Dixon |
PacWest |
|
3 |
Jonny Kane |
Team KOOL Green |
|
4 |
Casey Mears |
Dorricott Racing |
|
5 |
Felipe Giaffone |
Conquest Racing |
|
6 |
Mario Dominguez |
Team Mexico |
|
7 |
Todd Snyder |
Brian Stewart Racing |
|
8 |
Andy Boss |
Lucas Motorsports |
|
9 |
Townsend Bell |
Dorricott Racing |
|
10 |
Rodolfo Lavin Jr |
Brian Stewart Racing |
|
11 |
Chris Menninga |
Conquest Racing |
|
12 |
Jeff Simmons |
Team KOOL Green |
|
13 |
Luis Diaz |
Team Mexico |
|
14 |
Geoff Boss |
Lucas Motorsports |
|
15 |
Rudy Junco Jr |
Mexpro |
|
16 |
Rolando Quintanilla |
Conquest Racing |
|
17 |
Soheil Ayari |
Brian Stewart Racing |
|
18 |
Cory Witherill |
Genoa Racing |
|
19 |
Tony Renna |
PacWest |
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