FORT WORTH, Texas, June 5 (UPI) -- Dario Franchitti turned in a four-lap average of 214.513 mph Friday to win the pole for the Indy Racing League's Bombardier Learjet 550.
Franchitti, back in the IRL after his NASCAR Sprint Cup team ceased operations last autumn, won his first pole since the 2007 season finale at Chicagoland Speedway.