Ryan Briscoe Scores Firestone 550K Pole At Texas

Ryan Briscoe won the Peak Pole Award in qualifying on Friday for the Firestone 550K on Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Briscoe who finished 24th after crashing in the Indy 500 comes into Texas looking for his first win of the season after scoring several wins and finishing runner up in the Championship last season. Helio Castroneves is the defending race winner at Texas.

Tomas Scheckter will replace Mike Conway in the Dreyer and Reinbold Racing #24 car at Texas after Conway suffered injuries in a crash in the final laps of the Indy 500. Scott Dixon was fastest in Friday practice with another practice set for tonight following qualifying.

Firestone 550K IZOD IndyCar Series Starting Grid Texas Motor Speedway.

1.Ryan Briscoe "215.273 mph Average Qualifying Speed"

2.Dario Franchitti

3.Will Power

4.Scott Dixon

5.Helio Castroneves

6.Alex Lloyd

7.Hideki Mutoh

8.Danica Patrick

9.Mario Moraes

10.Marco Andretti

Dan Wheldon the runner up at Indianapolis starts 15th. The Firestone 550K can be seen on Versus at 8pm ET on Saturday night from the high banks of Texas Motor Speedway.