Carlos Munoz claimed his first IndyCar pole position on Friday during qualifying for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. Munoz qualified with a two-lap average speed of 217.137 mph to pick up Andretti Autosport's first pole position of the season, edging out Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon at the top of the timesheets. Despite having an early slot in qualifying, Munoz was able to eke the maximum from his no. 26 car to beat his previous best starting position of second at the 2013 Indianapolis 500. Dixon came closest to toppling the Colombian, but fell 0.2 mph shy in second place. Helio Castroneves finished just behind in P3, giving himself a place on the front row for the...
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