Australia's Ryan Briscoe captured pole position Friday for the Edmonton IndyCar Series race, edging Penske teammate Helio Castroneves of Brazil. Briscoe turned a fast lap of 1 minute, 0.7311 seconds in the Fast Six Shootout qualifying climax, clocking in at 116.955 miles per hour on the 1.973-mile circuit. Last week, Castroneves had earned the honors in qualifying in Ohio, but Briscoe went on to win the race ahead of his teammate. That marked Penske's first one-two finish since March 19, 2005. Spain's Oriol Servia nabbed third place, while series points leader Scott Dixon of New Zealand was fourth quickest in qualifying. Aussie Will Power and England's Justin Wilson filled the third row of the starting grid. Brazilian Tony Kanaan, third in the series standings, will have to start from the back of the field in Saturday's race because of a post
