MAY 20, 2015

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Scott Dixon (No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Target Chevrolet) won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, recording a four-lap average speed of 226.760 mph. Dixon will be joined on the front row by Will Power (No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet) who qualified second fastest at 226.350 mph, and Simon Pagenaud, driver of the (No. 22 Team Penske AVAYA Chevrolet) who qualified third at 226.145 mph. “It means a lot," Dixon said. "I think with all the preparation that goes into qualifying alone we still have the race to come next week.  I’m just so proud of everybody at Team Target whether it’s the engineers and everybody that has worked so hard to get the speed out of this car.  It was definitely a tough day.  I’m stoked.  Just extremely happy that we are on the pole I wasn’t sure we went so early that it was going to stick.” -PMD

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Will Power (No. 1 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet) will start the Indianapolis 500 from the middle of the front row. "We would like to be on pole, but if we get a front row out of it, that will be good too," Power said. "Now it is on to thinking about the race and seeing what we can do there."

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Simon Pagenaud (No. 22 Team Penske AVAYA Chevrolet) completes the front row for the Indianapolis 500 - "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" - next Sunday. “It was a great run," Pagenaud said. "First of all I just want to thank Team Penske. It’s incredible to be part of this team.  The car preparation they are giving us, the engineering behind, the resources that we have is just unbelievable.  That is what put the AVAYA Chevrolet up here on the front row.  I’m really happy.  I think considering what happened this morning and the change in the rules; it’s awesome to be up there on the time charts.  In the other configurations I think we could have fought for the pole position.  I understand it is what it is.  I’m pretty proud of our effort today.”

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Scott Dixon and family walk down the pit lane after he won the pole for the 99th Indianapolis 500.  "We're starting in the right place but it's still a long race. Hopefully, we can replicate what we did in 2008," said Dixon, who was presented a $100,000 check for winning the pole. Dixon, a three-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion, won the 2008 Indy 500 from the pole and has five top-five finishes in his 12 "500" starts. It was Dixon's 22nd career pole in Indy car racing.

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Ryan Briscoe will step into the No. 5 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Arrow/Lucas Oil Honda for Sunday's Indianapolis 500. James Hinchcliffe had qualified the machine at 223.519 mph before his accident this past Monday in practice. Briscoe, who will be racing for Corvette Racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in three weeks, participated in a special test session today (May 21) at The Speedway to get acclimated to the car and the SPM team.

(FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy)
Topi Heikkinen (No. 57 Marklund Motorsport Voilkswagen Polo RX) won last weekend’s Ladbrokes World RX of Belgium, round three of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy. Petter Solberg (No. 1 SDRX Citroën DS3) finished second to establish a 22 point Championship lead in the overall drivers’ standings over Sweden’s Johan Kristoffersson. Reinis Nitiss (No. 15 Ford Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST Supercar) claimed the third podium spot. “I’m feeling really comfortable in the car now – it suits my driving style but I have to say that I am not alone," Heikkinen commented.  "There is a team of more than 20 people who helped me to win today, my team are amazing and I couldn’t have done this without them.  The fight for the Championship is well and truly on and now we get ready for Lydden Hill next week and hope to repeat this all over again.”

(Audi Motorsport)
Christopher Mies, Nico Müller, Edward Sandström and Laurens Vanthoor (No. 28 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS) won the Nürburgring 24 Hour race - the third triumph for Audi in four years - finishing just 40.729 seconds ahead of Lucas Luhr, Maxime Martin, Markus Palttala and Richard Westbrook (No. 25 Team Marc VDS BMW Z4 GT3), in the closest ever finish in the history of the race. It was a dramatic battle in the Eifel endurance race right down to the last lap, with the lead changing 35 times during the 24 hours, a record for the event that has been held since 1970. After the race’s midpoint, either the number No. 28 Audi R8 LMS or its fiercest rival was running in front, depending on the pit stop sequence. In the end, Vincent Vosse’s Belgian Audi team prevailed and celebrated its first team victory in the classic event.