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HOMESTEAD, Fla., March 5 (UPI) -- Tomas Scheckter won the pole for Sunday's Toyota Indy 300 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, circling the 1.5-mile banked oval in 24.8518 seconds (215.115 m.p.h.).
Buddy Rice won last year's pole with a speed of 217.388 m.p.h.
The pole was the sixth of Scheckter's IndyCar career.
Starting on the front row with Scheckter will be Vitor Meira, who posted a time of 24.9443 seconds.
Tomas Enge (24.9636) and Rice (24.9806) will start on the second row.
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