Qualifying Day - Iowa Corn Indy 250

Friday, June 24, 2011

The safety crew comes out to check on Alex Tagliani after he made contact with the No. 5 car in the final practice session -- Photo by: LAT Photo USA A.J. Foyt's ABC Supply team gets set for practice in their garage -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Working on Alex Lloyd's car -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Getting the National Guard car ready -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher At work on practice day -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The Newman-Haas Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing teams work side-by-side -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher JR Hildebrand takes a seat -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tony brings Brazilian Beef sponsorship to Iowa -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Alex Tagliani gets into gear -- Photo by: Chris Jones Charlie Kimball focuses on practice -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Jakes gets pumped up before practice -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tagliani rolls out of pit lane at Beatriz goes by out on the track -- Photo by: Chris Jones Justin Wilson's crew gets to work -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato's ready to roll -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan consults with his crew -- Photo by: Chris Jones A noticeably inactive pit box for Simona de Silvestro -- Photo by: Chris Jones What could Ana be thinking -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Justin Wilson talks with his engineer -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Oriol Servia works with his crew -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher A wide-eyed Danica Patrick -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Graham Rahal focus on practice -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tony Kanaan running in practice -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher E.J. Viso gets set for practice -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Dario Franchitti greets a fan -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher JR Hildebrand's crew at work -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Ana Beatriz's car heads out from the pit -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Scott Dixon's team hard at work -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Dollar General team works together in practice to prepare the car -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Sebastian Saavedra jumps into his car -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher At work on Marco Andretti's car -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Another new look for Dario Franchitti's car -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Dario Franchitti gets set to start practice -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Helio hops out of his car -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Victor Garcia pushes his car to pit lane for qualifying -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Takuma Sato hugs Tony Kanaan after a successful qualifying run -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Takuma Sato focused before qualifying -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Marco Andretti thinks back on his qualifying run -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Dario Franchitti pays tribute to Greg Moore on his helmet -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Dario Franchitti smiles after his qualifying run -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Vitor Meira -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher James Hinchcliffe -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Alex Tagliani is strapped into the #77 -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Graham Rahal gets ready for qualifying -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Charlie Kimball -- Photo by: Chris Jones Dario Franchitti -- Photo by: Chris Jones Alex Tagliani slisp his gloves on before heading out for qualifying -- Photo by: Chris Jones J.R. Hildebrand -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Hinchcliffe and Oriol Servia chat before Oriol heads out for his qualifying run -- Photo by: Chris Jones Oriol Servia consults Timing and Scoring on his iPad -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato, happy after his first IZOD IndyCar Series pole -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato shows off his take from the Peak Performance Pole Award -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato Peak Performance Pole Award winner for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato celebrates with his entourage of photographers -- Photo by: Chris Jones Sato signs some autographs for happy fans -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma proudly holds the Japan flag -- Photo by: LAT Photo USA Graham Rahal -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan stays just outside the Sunoco Pit Zone -- Photo by: Chris Jones Teammates Marco Andretti and Mike Conway race closely during practice -- Photo by: Chris Jones Vitor Meira and Scott Dixon on track at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Marco Andretti and Tony Kanaan -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ana Beatriz pushing hard at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ryan Hunter-Reay sporting a new sponsor Circle K -- Photo by: Chris Jones Sebastian Saavedra -- Photo by: Chris Jones EJ Viso on track at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Hinchcliffe and Mike Conway race hard -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ryan Hunter-Reay and Scott Dixon -- Photo by: Chris Jones The Iowa Corn Indy 250 trophies -- Photo by: Chris Jones Dario Franchitti during qualifying -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Ana Beatriz rides over the high banking -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The Andretti cars pair up -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Danica Patrick makes a run at the pole -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Ryan Hunter-Reay and Scott Dixon get after it -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Vitor Meira comes out of a turn -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Takuma Sato hits the corner -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Full field driver autograph session at Iowa -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Scott Dixon signs an autograph for a young fan -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher

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