IndyCar: Scott Dixon Earns Pole for Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

Target Chip Ganassi Racing had a great day today in the qualifying session at Mid-Ohio.  All four of Ganassi's cars will start in the top 10 in tomorrow's Honda Indy 200, including having the pole position.

Scott Dixon set the quickest lap in the Firestone Fast Six with a speed of 119.405 mph and will start first in the No. 9 Target Honda. This is Dixon's first Peak Performance Pole Award of the season and the 16th of his career.

Dixon's Ganassi teammate and current Izod IndyCar Series Points leader Dario Franchitti will start inside of Row 2 with a lap of 118.839 mph.

The other two drivers in the Ganassi stable, Graham Rahal and rookie Charlie Kimball, will start sixth and 10th, respectively.  For rookie Kimball, it will be his best career start in the Izod IndyCar Series.

Joining Dixon on the front row tomorrow is Penske Racing's Ryan Briscoe. Briscoe turned a lap of 118.954 mph in the Firestone Fast Six.

Fellow Penske teammate Will Power will join rival Dario Franchitti in Row 2 with a speed of 118.805 mph in the No. 12 Verizon Wireless Honda. Row 2 is the same front row in last year's race with Dario ending up in victory lane and Power finishing second.

Americans Ryan Hunter-Reay (fifth) and Graham Rahal (sixth) will share Row 3.

Rounding out the top 10 are rookie James Hinchcliffe, Alex Tagliani, Takuma Sato and rookie Charlie Kimball in spots 7-10, respectively.

Fan favorites Tony Kanaan and Danica Patrick both struggled in qualifying for the Honda Indy 200 today. Kanaan will start 16th and Danica 23rd in the 27-car field.

Simon Pagenaud qualified Justin WIlson's car today in the qualifying session. Wilson was taken to an area hospital due to a practice wreck this morning. There's no word on whether Pagenaud will race tomorrow or if Wilson will be cleared to drive.

It will be an interesting start of the race with rivals staring next to each other up front. Dario and Power have had some bad blood brewing all season, and both are battling for a close championship.

The row behind them, Hunter-Reay and Rahal, have been feuding since Hunter-Reay spun Rahal in Toronto two races ago. Don't look for either driver to give each other much room at the start.

Be sure to tune in to Versus at 2:00 p.m. for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio tomorrow.

Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Starting Lineup:

1. (9) Scott Dixon

2. (6) Ryan Briscoe

3. (10) Dario Franchitti

4. (12) Will Power

5. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay

6. (38) Graham Rahal

7. (06) James Hinchcliffe (R)

8. (77) Alex Tagliani

9. (5) Takuma Sato

10. (83) Charlie Kimball (R)

11. (19) Sebastien Bourdais

12. (59) E.J. Viso

13. (4) J.R. Hildebrand (R)

14. (78) Simona de Silvestro

15. (3) Helio Castroneves

16. (82) Tony Kanaan

17. (27) Mike Conway

18. (22) Simon Pagenaud (R)

19. (26) Marco Andretti

20. (2) Oriol Servia

21. (14) Vitor Meira

22. (34) Sebastian Saveedra (R)

23. (7) Danica Patrick

24. (18) James Jakes (R)

25. (24) Ana Beatriz

26. (17) Martin Plowman (R)

27. (67) Ed Carpenter