IZOD IndyCar Series Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway Friday, June 8, 2012 QUALIFYING RESULTS PCar Driver Hometown Car Name Engine Entrant Time Speed 1 98 Alex Tagliani Lachenaie, Canada Team Barracuda - BHA Honda Bryan Herta Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian 00:48.5695 215.691 2 10 Dario Franchitti Edinburgh, Scotland Energizer Honda Target Chip Ganassi Racing 00:48.5797 215.646 3 38 Graham Rahal New Albany, Ohio Service Central Honda Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing 00:48.6003 215.554 4 9 Scott Dixon Auckland, New Zealand Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Target Chip Ganassi Racing 00:48.6507 215.331 5 12 Will Power Toowoomba, Australia Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske 00:48.6992 215.116 6 27 James Hinchcliffe Toronto Team GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Andretti Autosport 00:48.7438 214.920 7 11 Tony Kanaan Salvador, Brazil Mouser Electronics-GEICO KVRT Chevrolet KV Racing Technology w/ SH 00:48.7934 214.701 8 14 Mike Conway Bromley, England ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing Honda A.J. Foyt Racng 00:48.8487 214.458 9 26 Marco Andretti Nazareth, Pa. Team RC Cola Chevrolet Andretti Autosport 00:48.8564 214.424 10 15 Takuma Sato Tokyo Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan 00:48.9085 214.196 11 77 Simon Pagenaud (R) Poitiers, France Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports Honda Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports 00:48.9345 214.082 12 2 Ryan Briscoe Sydney, Australia Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske 00:48.9396 214.060 13 22 Oriol Servia Pals, Spain Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 00:48.9632 213.957 14 8 Rubens Barrichello Sao Paulo, Brazil BMC - Embrase - KV Racing Technology Chevrolet KV Racing Technology 00:48.9650 213.949 15 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Boca Raton, Fla. Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda Chevrolet Andretti Autosport 00:48.9699 213.927 16 5 E.J. Viso Caracas, Venezuela PDVSA-CITGO-KV Racing Technology Chevrolet KV Racing Technology 00:49.0807 213.444 17 3 Helio Castroneves Sao Paulo, Brazil AAA Insurance Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske 00:49.0904 213.402 18 83 Charlie Kimball Camarillo, Calif. NovoLog Flex Pen Honda Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing 00:49.2217 212.833 19 18 Justin Wilson Sheffield, England Sonny's BBQ Honda Dale Coyne Racing 00:49.3834 212.136 20 20 Ed Carpenter Indianapolis Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Ed Carpenter Racing 00:49.4984 211.643 21 19 James Jakes Leeds, England Boy Scouts of America Honda Dale Coyne Racing 00:49.5917 211.245 22 6 Katherine Legge (R) Guildford, England TrueCar Dragon Racing Chevrolet Dragon Racing 00:49.7570 210.543 23 78 Simona de Silvestro Thun, Switzerland Nuclear Clean Air Energy/Lotus HVM Racing Lotus Lotus-HVM Racing 00:51.3364 204.066 24 4 JR Hildebrand Sausalito, Calif. National Guard Panther Racing Chevrolet Panther Racing 00:51.7089 202.596 25 67 Josef Newgarden (R) Hendersonville, Tenn. Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing No Time No Speed IZOD IndyCar Series Pole Award Winner ($10,000): Alex Tagliani Legend: R - IZOD IndyCar Series Rookie All cars use Dallara chassis and Firestone tires Issued: June 8, 2012 .