LOUDON, N.H. — IndyCar points leader Dario Franchitti has won the pole for Sunday’s 225-mile race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Franchitti, who won the series championship the past two years, averaged 170.843 mph in his two qualifying runs Saturday. Oriol Servia, fifth in the sta
ndings, had the second best average time of 169.831 mph and will start from the outside position on the front row.
Tony Kanaan and James Hinchcliffe will start in the second row. Danica Patrick, with the 15th best qualifying time in the 26-car field, will start on the inside of the eighth row in the first IndyCar race at the track since 1998.
IndyCar rookie Pippa Mann, who hit a wall during a practice run Saturday, did not return for qualifying. She was awake and alert but was taken to Concord Hospital for evaluation.
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