Saturday, July 11, 2009

Dario Franchitti on pole for Honda Indy Toronto

Heavy rain, lightening and wind disrupted the morning warm-up but it didn't stop Dario Franchitti from taking pole position for Sunday's Honda Indy Toronto.

According to the Canwest News Service:
Scotsman Dario Franchitti won pole position for Sunday's Toronto Indy with the fastest lap in Saturday's time trials around the 1.75-mile street course.

Franchitti completed the 11-turn circuit in 1min 1.0249secs to edge Australian Will Power for the inside front row position.

American Graham Rahl was third followed by England's Justin Wilson, who won last week's race at Watkins Glen, then Canada's Alex Tagliani and IndyCar rookie Mike Conway of England.

New Zealand's Scott Dixon, the defending series champion and season points leader, will start in eighth position.

Ryan Briscoe, who shares second in the points race with Franchitti at 19 adrift of Dixon, will start 11th.

Now for something completely different: the folks at Performance Racing News magazine got to do this wild ride around the streets of Toronto.

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