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INDY LIGHTS: Davison Grabs Pole At The Glen
Written by: Indycar.com   
07/03/2009
Watkins Glen, NY
 
James Davison earned his first pole start of the season and second of his Firestone Indy Lights career July 3 with a quick lap of 1 minute, 37.1780 seconds (124.843 mph) on the 3.37-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International course for the Corning 100 on July 4.
James Davison won the pole in the No. 21 People*s Liberation/Vision Racing entry. Davison, 22, is from Melbourne, Australia. (IndyCar.com) ยป More Photos

The Vision Racing driver will be joined on the front row by Sebastian Saavedra, who posted a quick lap of 1:37.2694 (124.726) in the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Inc. car for AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing.

James Hinchcliffe (1:37.3383) in the No. 7 Hinchtown/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car will share Row two with series points leader J.R. Hildebrand (1:37.3384), driving the No. 26 ARPRO car for ARPRO Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing.

Charlie Kimball, driving the No. 35 Team PBIR entry, recorded a season-high fifth starting spot. Felipe Guimaraes, making his series debut for Bryan Herta Autosport, will start sixth (1:37.7849).

The Indy Racing League, the sanctioning body for Firestone Indy Lights, has penalized driver Ana Beatriz for on-track actions during the race June 20 at Iowa Speedway.

Beatriz has been penalized five grid positions for this weekend’s event at Watkins Glen for failing to respond to yellow flag conditions, which is a violation of rules involving caution periods as listed in the Firestone Indy Lights Rule Book. She is starting 17th.

Beatriz may appeal the penalty as prescribed in the Firestone Indy Lights Rule
Book. An appeal may result in an increase, decrease or no change to the penalty.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - Qualifying Friday for the Corning 100 Firestone Indy Lights event on the 3.37-mile Watkins Glen International, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, time and speed in parentheses:

1. (21) James Davison, 1:37.1780 (124.843)
2. (27) Sebastian Saavedra, 1:37.2694 (124.726)
3. (7) James Hinchcliffe, 1:37.3383 (124.637)
4. (26) J.R. Hildebrand, 1:37.3384 (124.637)
5. (35) Charlie Kimball, 1:37.6094 (124.291)
6. (29) Felipe Guimaraes, 1:37.7849 (124.068)
7. (28) Daniel Herrington, 1:38.0530 (123.729)
8. (11) Wade Cunningham, 1:38.1937 (123.552)
9. (37) Richard Philippe, 1:38.4384 (123.245)
10. (5) Mario Romancini, 1:38.4725 (123.202)
11. (15) Martin Plowman, 1:38.6298 (123.005)
12. (2) Andrew Prendeville, 1:38.7457 (122.861)
13. (24) Mike Potekhen, 1:38.9172 (122.648)
14. (9) Pablo Donoso, 1:39.5420 (121.878)
15. (16) Pippa Mann, 1:40.4885 (120.730)
16. (3) Sergey Mokshantsev, 1:42.4071 (118.468)
17. (20) Ana Beatriz, 1:38.6758 (122.948)
18. (55) Rodrigo Barbosa, 1:44.4326 (116.171)
19. (44) Gustavo Yacaman, 1:53.6652 (106.735)
20. (19) Stefan Wilson, no time (no speed)
21. (6) Ali Jackson, no time (no speed)

Note: #20 Beatriz penalized five grid positions for previous race infraction.
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