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Ed on pole

Montoya would have been middle of front row but how bout that Ed Carpenter!

Nice one, Ed!

Special Ed.

Nicely done. Looks like they might have set him up just a tiny bit less aggressively and it was enough to maintain a steady speed for the whole run.

Nice job Ed!

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Great job from Ed, but also from Hinch given his lack of running last week.

Was gutted because I really wanted Hinch to take that after what happened to him last week.

But thinking about it, he probably has a much better shot over 500 miles than Mr Trustfund ahead of him so can't wait for the race.

When's the next track action?

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Tomorrow.

Row 1
Ed Carpenter (231.067) Chevy
James Hinchcliffe (230.839) Honda
Will Power (230.697) Chevy

Row 2
Helio Castroneves (230.649) Chevy
Simon Pagenaud (230.614) Honda
Marco Andretti (230.544) Honda

Row 3
Carlos Munoz (230.146) Honda
Josef Newgarden (229.893) Honda
JR Hildebrand (228.726) Chevy

Row 4
Juan Pablo Montoya (231.007) Chevy
Scott Dixon (230.928) Chevy
Kurt Busch* (230.782) Honda

Row 5
Jack Hawskworth* (230.506) Honda
Justin Wilson (230.256) Honda
Mikhail Aleshin* (230.049) Honda

Row 6
Tony Kannan (229.922) Chevy
Sebastien Bourdais (229.847) Chevy
Oriol Servia (229.752) Honda

Row 7
Ryan Hunter-Reay (229.719) Honda
Graham Rahal (229.628) Honda
Carlos Huertas* (229.251) Honda

Row 8
Pippa Mann (229.223) Honda
Takuma Sato (229.201) Honda
Alex Tagliani (229.148) Honda

Row 9
Townsend Bell (229.009) Chevy
Charlie Kimball (228.953) Chevy
Jacques Villeneuve (228.949) Honda

Row 10
James Davison* (228.865) Chevy
Martin Plowman* (228.814) Honda
Ryan Briscoe (228.713) Chevy

Row 11
Sage Karam* (228.436) Chevy
Sebastian Saavedra (228.088) Chevy
Buddy Lazier (227.920) Chevy

*Rookie
All cars uses Dallara DW-12 chassis and Firestone tires

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If someone told me last year this would be one of the qualy rows at Indy in 2014

Row 4
Juan Pablo Montoya (231.007) Chevy
Scott Dixon (230.928) Chevy
Kurt Busch* (230.782) Honda

I'd have never believed them

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3x TBKL rFactor Hillclimb champion

Kurt Bush, impressive. And 231 for Monoya, fuck yes.

So many good cars. Really hope the race isn't a letdown, because it's looking to be a great one.

Really think we're in for a good one.

Also, while I understand it, it if frustruating to see the "Trustfund" statements about Carpenter. He has won a 500 miler before on merit, owns his own team, is fast on the ovals and is a real contender for the 500. He might have money, but all the money in the world doesn't buy talent and he's good when in his element.

He's also improved a lot the past few years.

Early on when he initially moved into the IRL he was pretty useless, But to his credit he listened to & learnt a lot when he had good team mates alongside him at Vision Racing, Tomas Scheckter especially & from that point he improved & has been a front runner on the ovals for a few years now in a few different teams including his own.

He was never that good on the road circuits & again to his credit he gets that & stepped away from them. Maybe a few years later than he could have but I guess he always hoped that he'd eventually be able to figure it out if he kept at it.

The grid/line-up is awesome, really getting excited for this.

This is amazing, Hinch as Derek Daly:

http://www.theindychannel.com/sports/in ... derek-daly

Kurt learnt what it's like to hit the wall in an Indycar.