IndyCar qualifying at Kentucky wiped out

Published 1:35 pm Saturday, August 1, 2009

SPARTA, Ky. — Drainage problems have wiped out qualifying for Saturday’s IndyCar race at Kentucky.

The IRL set the 23-car field on Friday. Season points leader Scott Dixon will start from the pole, with Target Chip Ganassi teammate Dario Franchitti starting on the outside of row 1.

A series of storms this week dumped more than five inches of rain on the track, and water kept seeping through the concrete throughout the day. Crews spent most of the day scrambling to keep the track dry.

Dixon won last year’s race at Kentucky when Helio Castroneves ran out of gas on the final lap.

After Friday qualifying canceled; race Saturday

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (9) Scott Dixon, entrant points

2. (10) Dario Franchitti, entrant points

3. (6) Ryan Briscoe, entrant points

4. (3) Helio Castroneves, entrant points

5. (7) Danica Patrick, entrant points

6. (26) Marco Andretti, entrant points

7. (4) Dan Wheldon, entrant points

8. (18) Justin Wilson, entrant points

9. (11) Tony Kanaan, entrant points

10. (02) Graham Rahal, entrant points

11. (27) Hideki Mutoh, entrant points

12. (06) Robert Doornbos, entrant points

13. (2) Raphael Matos, entrant points

14. (20) Ed Carpenter, entrant points

15. (23) Milka Duno, entrant points

16. (5) Mario Moraes, entrant points

17. (14) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Entrant points

18. (13) E.J. Viso, entrant points

19. (24) Mike Conway, entrant points

20. (12) Will Power, entrant points

21. (98) Jaques Lazier, entrant points

22. (67) Sarah Fisher, entrant points

23. (43) Tomas Scheckter, entrant points