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Mid-Ohio IndyCar: Ryan Hunter-Reay takes pole for Andretti

Ryan Hunter-Reay's hopes of remaining in the IndyCar title hunt received a boost after the Andretti driver triumphed in qualifying at Mid-Ohio

Hunter-Reay set his 1m05.3519s with just over a minute still on the clock, but it was good enough to hold up against the last-ditch efforts from his rivals.

Penske's Will Power came closest, missing out by 0.18 seconds, with Scott Dixon and Marco Andretti claiming the second row.

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Charlie Kimball and Dario Franchitti secured row three, meaning that all three Ganassi cars will start inside the top six - a particularly impressive effort on the part of Kimball's crew, who had to repair their car after a heavy crash in morning practice.

Current points leader Helio Castroneves joined James Hinchcliffe in providing the early upsets, with both facing the prospect of starting from the back end of the field after being knocked out of the first group.

There was also drama for BHA rookie Luca Filippi, who was stripped of his two fastest laps after going off and causing a red flag during the first qualifying phase.

Had his times been allowed to stand, the Italian would have been fourth-fastest in his group.

Pos  Driver               Team/Engine      Time        Gap
 1.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti/Chevy   1m05.3519s
 2.  Will Power           Penske/Chevy     1m05.5359s  +0.1840s
 3.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi/Honda    1m05.7051s  +0.3532s
 4.  Marco Andretti       Andretti/Chevy   1m05.8566s  +0.5047s
 5.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi/Honda    1m06.4415s  +1.0896s
 6.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi/Honda    1m06.5854s  +1.2335s
 7.  Justin Wilson        Coyne/Honda      1m05.9405s  Round 2
 8.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt/Honda    1m05.9412s  Round 2
 9.  Simona de Silvestro  KV/Chevy         1m05.9621s  Round 2
10.  James Jakes          Rahal/Honda      1m06.1778s  Round 2
11.  Tristan Vautier      Schmidt/Honda    1m06.3379s  Round 2
12.  EJ Viso              Andretti/Chevy   1m06.4071s  Round 2
13.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti/Chevy   1m06.2198s  Group 1
14.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon/Chevy     1m06.1856s  Group 2
15.  Helio Castroneves    Penske/Chevy     1m06.2280s  Group 1
16.  Takuma Sato          Foyt/Honda       1m06.1989s  Group 2
17.  James Davison        Coyne/Honda      1m06.2839s  Group 1
18.  Oriol Servia         Panther/Chevy    1m06.2109s  Group 2
19.  Josef Newgarden      Fisher/Honda     1m06.5334s  Group 1
20.  Tony Kanaan          KV/Chevy         1m06.2537s  Group 2
21.  Sebastian Saavedra   Dragon/Chevy     1m07.0895s  Group 1
22.  Graham Rahal         Rahal/Honda      1m06.4002s  Group 2
23.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter/Chevy  1m07.4107s  Group 1
24.  Luca Filippi         Herta/Honda      1m06.8757s  Group 2

All drivers use Dallara DW12 chassis

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