LEBANON, Tenn. (July 14, 2006) - Dario Franchitti will start from the fifth position, his best starting spot in the last six races, in the #27 Klein Tools/Canadian Club car for Saturday's running of the
Firestone Indy 200 from Nashville Superspeedway. Franchitti, the race's defending champion, posted a speed of 201.896 miles per hour (23.1803 seconds) on his second qualifying lap.
Saturday's race will be broadcast live by ESPN beginning at 9 p.m. (EDT). The entire IndyCar Series schedule can be heard live by XM Satellite Radio subscribers by tuning into XM channel 145, the
exclusive home of the IndyCar Series.
Dario Franchitti, #27 Klein Tools/Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
"I'm pretty happy with our qualifying effort. This is closer to what the Klein Tools/Canadian Club team expects. Nashville isn't an out-and-out superspeedway like 1.5-mile tracks. It's kind of half a
handling track and half a superspeedway. The concrete surface creates a lot of marbles and you can't make any mistakes here. If the car isn't right, it can be a long night, but when the car is as good as it was
last year, it's pretty easy."
2006 Firestone Indy 200 Qualifying Results
Pos. Name Speed (mph) Time (secs)
1 Dan Wheldon 203.293 23.0210
2 Sam Hornish Jr. 202.362 23.1269
3 Scott Dixon 202.194 23.1461
4 Helio Castroneves 201.995 23.1689
5 Dario Franchitti 201.896 23.1803
6 Tony Kanaan 201.628 23.2111
7 Vitor Meira 200.819 23.3046
8 Scott Sharp 200.801 23.3067
9 Tomas Scheckter 200.426 23.3503
10 Danica Patrick 200.283 23.3669
11 Buddy Rice 200.274 23.3680
12 Kosuke Matsuura 199.744 23.4300
13 Ryan Briscoe 199.607 23.4461
14 Ed Carpenter 199.512 23.4572
15 Jeff Simmons 199.457 23.4637
16 Bryan Herta 199.386 23.4721
17 Jeff Bucknum 198.450 23.5828
18 Marco Andretti 198.311 23.5993
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