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Article: Dixon sets track record in grabbing fourth pole of season
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- AP Worldstream
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- July 18, 2003
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Dateline: GLADEVILLE, Tennessee
Scott Dixon shattered the track record with a lap of 331.793 kph (206.211
mph) to win a record-tying third consecutive IRL pole in qualifying
Friday at Nashville Superspeedway.
Only Billy Boat in 1998 had won three straight poles. Dixon's top
start in Saturday night's Firestone Indy 200 comes after the New Zealander
sat on the pole in Richmond and Kansas City.
Dixon erased Boat's year-old track record of 327.824 (203.744), taking
only 22.69 seconds to get around the 2.1-kilometer (1.3-mile) concrete
oval for his fourth pole of the season. His lap was more than three
seconds faster than Boat's 2002 pole run.
Dixon also started first in ...