Kiwi Scott Dixon has secured pole for the second of Toronto’s double header meetings.
Dixon sizzled around the Toronto circuit to post a 58.9686s lap and claim the front-row with his Chip Ganassi team-mate Dario Franchitti (polewinner for the opening race) to start alongside in second.
The points leader Helio Castroneves has claimed third ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay and Will Power.
It is the first time the resurgent Ganassi team have locked out the front row since Homestead in 2010.
“The lap just came together. I left a little on the table yesterday (qualifying for the opening race),” Dixon said.
It was the 19th pole of Dixon’s brilliant IndyCar career.
“It’s been a little while since we’ve been on pole for a road/street course so definitely very happy about it.”
VIDEO highlights of the session
See below for full qualifying results for Race 2
| 1 | Scott Dixon | Ganassi/Honda | 58.9686s | |
| 2 | Dario Franchitti | Ganassi/Honda | 59.1905 | +0.222s |
| 3 | Helio Castroneves | Penske/Chevy | 59.1953 | +0.226s |
| 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti/Chevy | 59.3915 | +0.423s |
| 5 | Will Power | Penske/Chevy | 59.2503 | +0.281s |
| 6 | Tony Kanaan | KV/Chevy | 59.5360 | +0.567s |
| 7 | Sebastien Bourdais | Dragon/Chevy | 59.5421 | Group 2 |
| 8 | Ryan Briscoe | Panther/Chevy | 59.5473 | Group 1 |
| 9 | Alex Tagliani | Herta/Honda | 59.7601 | Group 2 |
| 10 | Simona de Silvestro | KV/Chevy | 59.6489 | Group 1 |
| 11 | EJ Viso | Andretti/Chevy | 59.7821 | Group 2 |
| 12 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti/Chevy | 59.6750 | Group 1 |
| 13 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt/Honda | 59.8326 | Group 2 |
| 14 | Justin Wilson | Coyne/Honda | 59.7113 | Group 1 |
| 15 | Takuma Sato | Foyt/Honda | 1:00.0874 | Group 2 |
| 16 | Charlie Kimball | Ganassi/Honda | 59.7871 | Group 1 |
| 17 | Tristan Vautier | Schmidt/Honda | 1:00.3204 | Group 2 |
| 18 | Marco Andretti | Andretti/Chevy | 59.8207 | Group 1 |
| 19 | Josef Newgarden | Fisher/Honda | 1:00.6174 | Group 2 |
| 20 | Graham Rahal | Rahal/Honda | 59.9216 | Group 1 |
| 21 | James Jakes | Rahal/Honda | 1:00.7204 | Group 2 |
| 22 | Sebastian Saavedra | Dragon/Chevy | 1:00.1913 | Group 1 |
| 23 | Ed Carpenter | Carpenter/Chevy | 1:00.9519 | Group 2 |
| 24 | Mike Conway | Coyne/Honda | 1:00.3919 | Group 1 |
