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Franchitti takes pole at Homestead earns vital bonus point LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainScheduleStandingsChampionsAllTime WinsAuto Racing on TSNeotText SizeHomestead FL (Sports Network) Dario Franchitti captured the pole for the Firestone Indy 300 while his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon qualified second and Ryan Briscoe from Team Penske claimed third as the three drivers duke it out for IndyCar Series championship in Saturdays season ending race at HomesteadMiami SpeedwayFranchitti the second driver to qualify in the 23car field turned a four lap average on the 15mile oval at 212696 mph for his fifth pole of the season and the 11th of his IndyCar career By winning the pole he was awarded one bonus point which moved him to within four points of leader Dixon I was pleasantly surprised since we hadnt run quite well in practice this morning Franchitti said Dixon qualified 025 seconds behind Franchitti to give Ganassi the front starting row for the second straight race The car was loose to start with Dixon said That was a handful but the car is still strong I just went the wrong way on some adjustments Last month in Japan Dixon grabbed the pole and Franchitti secured the second position Dixon went on to lead 139 laps en route to his seriesleading fifth victory of the season Briscoe enters the seasonfinale eight points behind Dixon I dont know if the track got slower at the end but I think we did about what we were expecting to do said Briscoe who qualified late in the session for a thirdplace effort Ed Carpenter will share the second row with Briscoe while Alex Lloyd and Graham Rahal will begin from row three Danica Patrick qualified seventh followed by Marco Andretti Raphael Matos and Mario Moraes Helio Castroneves will start 11th in a backup car after wrecking his primary in practice earlier in the day Castroneves complained of soreness in his knees and shoulders but had been cleared by medical officials to drive Tomorrows 300mile is scheduled to begin around 500 pm (et) log inLatestOldestHighest ScoreLowest ScoreKarma 41 Yeahs1 BoosYeahBooopenwheelsOctober 10 2009 115PMWhy is there no TV coverage report this commentlog in1 (Photo Robert LabergeGetty Images)Share ThisHighlights TOR 2 PHI 6Daniel Carcillo was in the Leafs faces all night after scoring an honour roll goal in a Flyers routHighlights CGY 1 MIN 4Eric Belanger scored two goals as the Wild snapped the Flames fivegame winning streakHighlights TOR 108 ORL 103The Raptors nearly blew an ...