Vasser takes US500 pole
Jimmy Vasser has an excellent chance to turn his season around, starting from pole position for the US500 at Michigan
The Ganassi driver hasn't won since Fontana in November 1998, but returned to form on the awesome superspeedway where he took victory in 1996. Patrick Racing's Adrian Fernandez pushed him hard but had to abandon his qualifying run after nearly crashing, while championship leader Juan Montoya starts 3rd for his first ever 500-mile Superspeedway race.
The Arciero-Wells cars are flying this weekend, Toyota looking good on the faster tracks these days. Scott Pruett, winner here in 1995, starts 5th, his rookie team mate Christiano da Matta is 10th. The order is otherwise fairly predictable, although Greg Moore will be gutted to start way back in 21st position. Also notable is that the two Penskes are alongside each other, Al Unser Jr and new recruit Alex Barron qualifying 17th and 18th.
Starting line-up for the US500:
|
1 |
Jimmy Vasser |
Ganassi |
Reynard-Honda |
31.358s |
|
2 |
Adrian Fernandez |
Patrick Racing |
Reynard-Ford |
31.381s |
|
3 |
Juan Montoya |
Ganassi |
Reynard-Honda |
31.397s |
|
4 |
Michael Andretti |
Newman-Haas |
Swift-Ford |
31.418s |
|
5 |
Scott Pruett |
Arciero-Wells |
Reynard-Toyota |
31.497s |
|
6 |
Max Papis |
Team Rahal |
Reynard-Ford |
31.547s |
|
7 |
Bryan Herta |
Team Rahal |
Reynard-Ford |
31.602s |
|
8 |
Paul Tracy |
Team KOOL Green |
Reynard-Honda |
31.608s |
|
9 |
Dario Franchitti |
Team KOOL Green |
Reynard-Honda |
31.608s |
|
10 |
Christiano da Matta |
Arciero-Wells |
Reynard-Toyota |
31.615s |
|
11 |
Tony Kanaan |
Tasman |
Reynard-Honda |
31.714s |
|
12 |
Patrick Carpentier |
Forsythe |
Reynard-Mercedes |
31.729s |
|
13 |
Roberto Moreno |
PacWest |
Reynard-Mercedes |
31.761s |
|
14 |
Mauricio Gugelmin |
PacWest |
Reynard-Mercedes |
31.829s |
|
15 |
Gil de Ferran |
Walker Racing |
Reynard-Honda |
31.830s |
|
16 |
Christian Fittipaldi |
Newman-Haas |
Swift-Ford |
31.859s |
|
17 |
Al Unser Jr |
Penske |
Penske-Mercedes |
31.879s |
|
18 |
Alex Barron |
Penske |
Penske-Mercedes |
31.961s |
|
19 |
Helio Castro-Neves |
Hogan |
Lola-Mercedes |
32.012s |
|
20 |
Richie Hearn |
Della Penna |
Reynard-Toyota |
32.179s |
|
21 |
Greg Moore |
Forsythe |
Reynard-Mercedes |
32.204s |
|
22 |
PJ Jones |
Patrick Racing |
Swift-Ford |
32.404s |
|
23 |
Dennis Vitolo |
Payton-Coyne |
Reynard-Ford |
32.479s |
|
24 |
Gulater Salles |
AAR |
Eagle-Toyota |
32.568s |
|
25 |
Roby Gordon |
Gordon |
Swift-Toyota |
32.714s |
|
26 |
Michel Jourdain Jr |
Payton-Coyne |
Lola-Ford |
no time |
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