Milwaukee – "T-Team Ten" Fill Five Of The Top Ten Spots

Milwaukee – "T-Team Ten" Fill Five Of The Top Ten Spots At the race track located at the Wisconsin State Fair, the fifth race of the season in Milwaukee is bearing the fruit that many felt would never happen with the move to unification when it was announced late last February. Of the ten drivers for teams that originally started the 2008 season as ChampCar World Series organizations, half of them filled half of the spots available in the first five rows of two during qualifications today. That translates to five of the top ten positions. To put it another way, eleven of the remaining sixteen positions (for a total field of 26 cars) are filled by driver from established IRL teams. Graham Rahal being interviewed just after father, Bobby Rahal tapped him on the helmet after setting the fastest pace at the time. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (The EDJE) 2008 The other real story are the names of the two drivers that occupy the top two positions. An Andretti and a Rahal, again, are the two names that top the charts of American open wheel racing and this addition of the show are the spawn of champions past. Graham Rahal of Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing laid down the gauntlet about halfway through the late afternoon qualification session in Milwaukee with an average time of 1:27.1796 with a speed of 167.654. He was only challenged once during the qualifying session later with the run put up in the early part of his four lap session by Helio Castroneves/Penske Racing who eventually ended up at the third qualifying position just behind Scott Dixon/Target Chip Ganassi Racing before the runs laid down by Marco Andretti/Andretti Green Racing then Will Power/KV Racing Technology. It was Marco Andretti, the second youngest driver in the series to win an IRL race (the youngest being Graham Rahal) though, that made the most impressive run. His average time for the four laps was 1:26.9591 for a speed of 168.079. The last driver to qualify, Will Power, was fast enough to drop Castroneves to fifth, who was just ahead of Tony Kanaan with Andretti Green Racing in sixth. The T-Team Ten Qualification Positions For The ABC Supply/AJ Foyt Indy 225 - The Milwaukee Mile :: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: POS./Car # Driver, Time/Speed, Team, Sponsor Row 1 02/06 Graham Rahal, 1:27.1796/167.654, NHL, No Sponsor Row 2 04/ 8 Will Power, 1:27.3822/167.265, KVRT, Aussie Vineyards Row 4 08/36 Enrique Bernoldi, 1:28.4660/165.216, CR, No Sponsor Row 5 09/ 5 Oriol Servia, 1:28.4802/165.190, KVRT, Plantronics 10/33 EJ Viso, 1:28.6663/164.843, HVM, PDVSA Row 7 14/18 Bruno Junqueira, 1:29.6011/163.123, DCR, Z-Line Row 11 22/02 Justin Wilson, 1:31.3917/159.927, NHL, Mc Donald's Row 12 23/19 Mario Moraes, 1:33.9809/155.511, DCR, Sonny's BBQ 24/34 Jaime Camara, 1:34.5329/154.613, CR, No Sponsor Row 13 25/96 Mario Dominguez, 1:37.3937/150.071, PCM, Visit Mexico City Full Qualification Results Link At Source ... notes from The EDJE