Houston, TX (My Sportsbook) - Forsythe Championship Racing driver Mario Dominguez captured the pole for the Champ Car Grand Prix of Houston. The No.7 circled the new 1.7-mile, 10-turn street course around Reliant Field and the Astrodome in 58.026 seconds (104.850 m.p.h.). He earned one championship point for the pole. Starting alongside Dominguez will be Bruno Junqueira who was declared the provisional pole winner on Thursday after Sebastien Bourdais's No.1 Newman- Haas Racing Ford/Lola was disqualified for failing post-race inspection. Bourdais, who is the odds-on favorite to make it a "three-peat" in 2006, won the season opening Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on April, 9th. The Frenchman will start fifth. Paul Tracy (58.426) and A.J. Allmendinger (58.572) will start in row two. A total of 17 drivers took to the track including six rookies: Will Power, Katherine Legge, Dan Clarke, Nicky Pastorelli, Charles Zwolsman and Jan Heylen. The race scheduled to begin on Saturday at 9 p.m. |
