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Franchitti claims fourth pole of year

Associated Press

Saturday, August 22, 2009

SONOMA, Calif. -- Dario Franchitti made an impressive comeback on his final qualifying lap to capture the pole for the Sonoma Grand Prix. Franchitti turned in a lap of 76.7987 seconds on the tough 12-turn, 2.303-mile road course Saturday at Infineon Raceway, narrowly beating out Ryan Briscoe for his fourth pole of the season. It was an unlikely finish considering Franchitti left the pits late and then missed a turn near the end of the final session, winding up with all four tires in the dirt. ...

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