Tracy Claims Pole and Record at Long Beach

Tracy set a time of 1:07.485 - just 0.009 faster than Gil de Ferran's record, set in 2000.

Tracy, who was second fastest in the first qualifying session yesterday, was able to go one better in today's session, while Newman-Haas' provisional pole sitter Bruno Junqueira was demoted to second place, with a lap of 1:07.644.

Tracy's teammate Mario Dominguez will start from third position, while Junquiera's teammate Sebastien Bourdais will start from fourth.

For Bourdais, the defending series champion, this result halts a streak of fifteen races which he started in the top three positions.

Further below, series rookie Timo Glock impressed with a sixth fastest lap for Rocketsports. He will start tomorrow's race alongside Justin Wilson, who qualified fifth for RuSport.

Returning former champion Cristiano da Matta was able to improve upon his 11th position from yesterday's qualifying, and he will start tomorrow's race in eighth place, alongside Alex Tagliani for Team Australia.

Rounding up the top ten, HVM's Dane rookie set the ninth fastest time, while AJ Allmendinger stands in 10th for RuSport.

Results of second qualifying for the Toyota Grand Prix at Long Beach:

Pos  Driver              Team            Time
 1.  Paul Tracy          Forsythe        1:07.485
 2.  Bruno Junqueira     Newman Haas     1:07.644 + 0.159
 3.  Mario Dominguez     Forsythe        1:07.803 + 0.318
 4.  Sebastien Bourdais  Newman Haas     1:07.821 + 0.336
 5.  Justin Wilson       RuSport         1:07.919 + 0.434
 6.  Timo Glock          Rocketsports    1:08.274 + 0.789
 7.  Alex Tagliani       Team Australia  1:08.466 + 0.981
 8.  Cristiano da Matta  PKV             1:08.493 + 1.008
 9.  Ronnie Bremer       HVM             1:08.613 + 1.128
10.  A.J. Allmendinger   RuSport         1:08.638 + 1.153
11.  Jimmy Vasser        PKV             1:08.770 + 1.285
12.  Ryan Hunter-Reay    Rocketsports    1:08.792 + 1.307
13.  Bjorn Wirdheim      HVM             1:08.834 + 1.349
14.  Oriol Servia        Dale Coyne      1:08.928 + 1.443
15.  Nelson Philippe     Conquest        1:09.334 + 1.849
16.  Andrew Ranger       Conquest        1:09.416 + 1.931
17.  Marcus Marshall     Team Australia  1:09.784 + 2.299
18.  Ricardo Sperafico   Dale Coyne      1:09.879 + 2.394
19.  Fabrizio Del Monte  Jensen          1:11.723 + 4.238