INDYCAR

Newgarden bills pole position for Indy's Texas 300 

Josef Newgarden has won pole position for the Texas 300, proof that opens the 2020 Indy season. In the standings held on Saturday Night (6) at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, the Penske driver, reigning champion and last to enter the track for his two fast laps, scored 48s0578, securing the position of honor for the race soon more. The second position was with Scott Dixon, driver of Chip Ganassi who ended up surpassed in 0s0166 by Newgarden. Simon Pagenaud, with a second car from Penske, took the third place in the grid, while Ryan Hunter-Reay, from Andretti Autosport, will start in fourth. The group of the top five was completed by Zach Veach, also a pilot of Michael Andretti's team. Will Power, with another Penske car, took sixth position, followed by Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan and Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport, drivers who will form the fourth row. Chip Ganassi's Felix Rosenqvist was the ninth fastest, while Tony Kanaan, who starts his Indy farewell season, will start in tenth with AJ Foyt's car. 
The rating was still marked by an accident with Takuma Sato. On the first of the two quick turns that each driver needs to make, the Japanese Rahal Letterman Lanigan lost control of the car in one of the turns, turned and filled the wall, causing the definition of the starting positions to be interrupted.

Check out how the grid started:

1st-Josef Newgarden (USA / Penske-Chevrolet) - 48s0578
2nd-Scott Dixon (NZL/Chip Ganassi – Honda) - 24s0413
3rd-Simon Pagenaud (FRA/Penske – Chevrolet) - 48s1193
4th-Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA/Andretti Autosport-Honda) - 48s3783
5th-Zach Veach (USA /Andretti Autosport-Honda) - 48s4530
6th - Will Power (Aus / Penske-Chevrolet) - 48s4645
7th-Graham Rahal (USA / RLL-Honda) - 48s4763
8th-Alexander Rossi (USA/Andretti Autosport-Honda) - 48s5191
9th-Felix Rosenqvist (SUE / Chip Ganassi-Honda) - 48s5484
10th-Tony Kanaan (BRA/AJ Foyt – Chevrolet) - 48s5876
11th-Marco Andretti (USA / Andretti Autosport-Honda) - 48s6326
12th-Charlie Kimball (USA/Carlin – Chevrolet) - 48s7264
13th-Ed Carpenter (USA / Carpenter-Chevrolet) - 48s7414
14th-Colton Herta (USA/Andretti Autosport-Honda) - 48s7455
15º-James Hinchcliffe (can/Andretti Autosport – Honda) - 48s7669
16th-Álex Palou (ESP / Dale Coyne-Honda) - 48s7896
17th-Marcus Ericsson (SUE / Chip Ganassi-Honda) - 48s8965
18th-duck O'ward (Mex / McLaren-Chevrolet) - 49s9027
19th-Conor Daly (USA / Carlin-Chevrolet) - 49s0386
20th-Oliver Askew (USA / McLaren-Chevrolet) - 49s1749
21st-Jack Harvey (Eng / Meyer-Shank-Honda) - 50s4164
22nd-Takuma Sato (Jap / RLL-Honda) - no time
Santino Ferrucci (USA / Dale Coyne-Honda) - not trained
Rinus VeeKay (HOL/Carpenter-Chevrolet) - not trained 

Leonardo Marson