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
At Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Ky.
Lap length: 1.5 miles
(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
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