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Lotus — Kvrt Driver Makes Top 10 With Viso And Moraes 16Th & 21St

Formula One veteran Takuma Sato had never

driven an oval track until April, but on Friday, the driver of the No. 5 Lotus — KV Racing Technology

Honda/Dallara/Firestone car continued to impress the IZOD IndyCar Series with his

oval track skills by qualifying in the top-ten at Chicagoland Speedway.

Sato, 33, turned in another oval top-ten qualifying performance

on the 1.5-mile oval with an average speed of 214.945 miles per hour to

gain a fifth row starting position in Saturday's Peak Antifreeze & Motor

Oil Indy 300.

The series rookie was less than two-tenths of a second off polesitter

Ryan Briscoe's time on the lightening fast oval track south of Chicago.

Sato had never driven the Chicagoland Speedway oval until this

morning, but his strong efforts at Kansas, Indianapolis, Texas and Iowa

gave him a solid background to be immediately fast this weekend.

Sato, whose best oval start was seventh at Iowa, will start alongside

Ryan Hunter-Reay in the fifth row in the 200-lap feature set for 7

p.m. (CDT) and will be televised live on Versus.

E.J. Viso, in the No. 8 PDVSA — KV Racing Technology Honda/

Dallara/Firestone entry, recorded the 16th fastest speed with a reading of 214.210 m.p.h.

The Venezuelan driver, who'll start next to former series champion Scott Dixon, was close to

clocking identical lap times (just 7-thousands of a second apart) in his two-lap qualifying effort.

Viso is coming off a career-best third place in the previous oval race at Iowa Speedway

in June when he came from 19th on the starting grid.

Mario Moraes, looking to repeat his third place finish last year at Chicagoland Speedway,

took the 21st starting spot Friday with a 213.458 m.p.h. in the No. 32 KV Racing Technology

Honda/Dallara/Firestone machine.

DRIVER QUOTES:

TAKUMA SATO -- #5 LOTUS – KV RACING TECHNOLOGY HONDA/DALLARA/FIRESTONE: "I

am very happy with how today went. We worked on race trim for most of the morning session and the

qualifying setup. During qualifying I watched how other drivers took the racing line so I could get a

better understanding. I am really pleased to be starting 10th and look forward to the race tomorrow."

E.J. VISO -- #8 PDVSA – KV RACING TECHNOLOGY HONDA/DALLARA/FIRESTONE: "We

were pretty happy with the car in the morning practice session. The car was stable in the my qualifying

run. We had almost identical lap times. We needed some speed for qualifying but it is an extremely

long race. I feel we have a good race car for Saturday. We have come from behind in other oval races

this year. So, if we can get a good setup for Saturday night, we can do that again."

MARIO MORAES -- #32 KV RACING TECHNOLOGY

HONDA/DALLARA/FIRESTONE: "I think Chicagoland is a great track and we had a great race here

last year to take third. Unfortunately, I don't think we have the same speed as last year right now. But we

are working on the speed now and I think we have a pretty good car for the race on Saturday. We'll work

on the car's setup tonight for the race and be ready to go."

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