BROOKLYN, Mich. (August 4, 2007) - Canadian Club driver Dario Franchitti captured his second pole of the season for Sunday's Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Franchitti posted a best speed of 218.308 miles per hour (32.9810 seconds). This is Franchitti's seventh straight top-five starting position and 10th this season.

ESPN2 will provide television coverage of the Firestone Indy 400 Sunday beginning at 12 p.m. (EDT). The IndyCar Series radio broadcast of the 200-lap event can be heard live on XM Satellite Radio channel 145, the exclusive home of the IndyCar Series.

Dario Franchitti, #27 Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
“In the first practice session we felt like we had a good car. We were really focused on the race setup. During the break we made some pretty good changes to the Canadian Club car, which helped us gain a lot of speed. When we went back out we ran in traffic some and I was really happy with the car. When we went out to run our qualifying simulation there was an accident so we couldn't do the full simulation. I really just have to thank my engineers for giving me such a good setup.”

Firestone Indy 400 Qualifying
Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs)
1 Dario Franchitti 218.308 32.9810
2 Sam Hornish Jr. 218.024 33.0239
3 Helio Castroneves 217.894 33.0436
4 Scott Sharp 217.631 33.0835
5 Dan Wheldon 217.448 33.1113
6 Tomas Scheckter 217.434 33.1135
7 Scott Dixon 217.369 33.1234
8 Tony Kanaan 217.192 33.1504
9 Danica Patrick 216.967 33.1848
10 Ed Carpenter 216.295 33.2879
11 Vitor Meira 215.957 33.3399
12 Ryan Hunter-Reay 215.878 33.3521
13 Marco Andretti 215.809 33.3629
14 Kosuke Matsuura 215.371 33.4307
15 AJ Foyt IV 215.335 33.4363
16 Sarah Fisher 215.297 33.4422
17 Buddy Rice 214.859 33.5103
18 Darren Manning 214.175 33.6174
19 Milka Duno 212.901 33.8185
20 Jon Herb No Speed No Time