Carpenter tops Power for first IndyCar pole at Kentucky
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09/03/2010 -
Sparta, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ed Carpenter earned his first pole in the IZOD
IndyCar Series after edging points leader Will Power in Friday's qualifying
for the Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
Carpenter, making just his third IndyCar start in the No.20 car for
Panther/Vision Racing this season, posted a two-lap average of 217.933 m.p.h.
around the 1.5-mile oval for his first career pole in his 102nd start. He also
became the 10th different pole sitter in 11 races at Kentucky.
"The way I kind of look at it, I'm trying to keep my career going during every
minute I'm in the car," Carpenter said. "I have to do the best that I can and
get the most out of it. I'm just having a lot of fun right now. The Panther
team is doing a great job, in addition with the Vision Racing part of it. It's
just a lot of fun."
Last year, Carpenter finished a career-best second at Kentucky. Ryan Briscoe
from Team Penske nipped Carpenter at the finish line by only 0.0162 seconds,
making it the seventh closest finish in series' history at the time.
Power captured the outside pole with a lap of 217.829 m.p.h. The Penske
driver's two-lap total time was just 0.0234 seconds behind Carpenter. Last
week at Chicagoland Speedway, Power finished a season-worst 16th after
experiencing a fueling issue during a late-race pit stop and then ran out of
gas while contending for the lead in the closing laps.
Carpenter's teammate, Dan Wheldon, will share the second row with Scott Dixon
from Chip Ganassi Racing.
Hideki Mutoh qualified fifth, followed by Bertrand Baguette, and Mario Moraes.
Penske teammates Helio Castroneves and Briscoe, who won the pole at
Chicagoland, took the eighth and ninth starting positions, respectively.
Tomas Scheckter, driving an entry for Conquest Racing, completed the top-10.
Dario Franchitti, who led the way in practice earlier in the day, qualified a
disappointing 11th. The Ganassi driver and defending series champion trails
Power by 23 points with three races to go.
All four drivers from Andretti Autosport struggled in qualifying. Marco
Andretti qualified 15th, while Danica Patrick placed 17th. Tony Kanaan nearly
crashed during his qualifying effort and wound up 26th. Ryan Hunter-Reay will
start last in the 27-car field after he spun around and backed into the wall
during his run.
Saturday's 300-mile race from Kentucky will start around 8:45 p.m. (et).
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