Zanardi Leads Qualifying

Alex Zanardi has the provisional pole position after qualifying for the Miller 200 Indy-car race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course at Lexington, Ohio.

Zanardi, who has more championship points on road courses than any other driver in the series, had a fast lap of 120.318 mph on the 13-turn, 2-1/4-mile circuit in north central Ohio.

If he is still the fastest driver when qualifying ends today, it will be the third pole position for the 29-year-old Indy-car rookie from Monaco.

Dale Earnhardt, his body still aching from a broken collarbone and sternum, made a remarkable run to win the pole for the Bud at the Glen Winston Cup road race with a record lap at Watkins Glen, N.Y.

The 45-year-old Earnhardt, injured in a crash on July 28 at Talladega, Ala., got around the 2.45-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International circuit at 120.733 mph, breaking the mark of 120.411 set last August by Mark Martin.

The pole was Earnhardt’s second of the season and the 22nd of his career.