Dixon leads three Toyotas in top four in Kentucky qualifying

Scott Dixon (Target Toyota) qualified on the outside of the front row to
lead three Toyotas in 
the top four in qualifying for Sunday's Belterra Casino Indy 300 at the
Kentucky Speedway. 
Last weekend's winner Helio Castroneves (Marlboro Toyota) and teammate Gil de Ferran 
(Marlboro Toyota) placed third and fourth, respectively.

Scott Dixon's second in qualifying marks his seventh front-row starting
spot in 12 races this 
season.

Scott Dixon has now qualified in the top six in 11 consecutive races. 
During that span, he has 
has four poles, three seconds, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth in
his last 11 IndyCar starts.  

Helio Castroneves' third-place in qualifying today marks the fourth
consecutive race that the 
two-time Indianapolis 500 winner has qualified in the top three.  For the
season, Castroneves 
has eight top-four starts.

Gil de Ferran matched his top starting position of the season today with a
fourth.  It marks the
fifth time in 12 races that he will start fourth this season.  

Two Toyota teams placed two cars each in the top-10.  Target Chip Ganassi Racing 
teammates Scott Dixon and Tomas Scheckter were second and seventh, while
Marlboro Team 
Penske's duo of Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran occupy the second row
in third and fourth, 
respectively. 

Al Unser Jr. (Corteco Toyota) made it five Toyotas in the top eight with an
eighth-place 
showing today.  

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