Victor Carbone will not participate in the Firestone Indy Lights' Grand Prix of Baltimore after Sam Schmidt Motorsports determined his car was too damaged to repair at the circuit following this morning's contact. It will end Carbone's series-record streak of 16 consecutive top-10 finishes, which he shares with Thiago Medeiros.VICTOR CARBONE (No. 3 MavTV/Nevoni/SSM with Curb Agajanian): "I just lost it. On the back stretch, there is a fast right-hander and it's supposed to be a flat corner. Well, it's supposed to be a flat corner. There just wasn't enough grip out there. On the lap before, I was close and I tried to step up, but it was too big of a step. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make the race. That's racing but disappointing. These things happen, and it was totally my fault. I was just going too hard for it. Now, we just have to lift our heads up and focus on Fontana and do the best we can there."***FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS SUNOCO POLE QUALIFYINGSunoco Pole Qualifying is a 45-minute qualifying session, with drivers ranked by their quickest overall lap any time during the session. No limit on laps. The fastest car will win the $5,000 Sunoco Pole Award. Track record: Josef Newgarden, 1:26.3820 (Sept. 2011). Fastest Lap this weekend: #77 Tristan Vautier, 1:27.8581 (Practice #2)Any driver who causes a red flag during the session will lose his fastest lap. Any driver who causes multiple red flags will lose all their laps and not be allowed to participate in the remainder of the session.The time line for qualifying today is at the exit of Turn 4.At 11 a.m., the ambient temperature was 84 degrees with a relative humidity of 61 percent. Skies were cloudy. The track temperature was 96 degrees, according to Firestone engineers.11:05 a.m. - GREEN.11:10 a.m. -#9 Dempsey slow on course on main straightaway after contact at the exit of the chicane. Car has sustained left rear suspension damage.11:35 a.m. - With 10 minutes remaining in the session, fastest is #77 Vautier at 1:23.6839, fastest Firestone Indy Lights lap recorded on the streets of Baltimore.11:36 a.m. - RED FLAG. #42 Newton-John makes contact at the exit of chicane on the Pratt Street straightway. Driver climbs from the car with assistance from the Holmatro Safety Team. Newton-John will lose his fastest lap for causing the red flag.11:41 a.m. - CHECKERED. Tristan Vautier wins the Sunoco Pole Award for the Grand Prix of Baltimore.FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS SUNOCO POLE QUALIFYING NOTES: This is Tristan Vautier's fifth pole of 2012 and his second consecutive pole position in Firestone Indy Lights. He also won back-to-back poles at Milwaukee and Iowa earlier this season. Vautier claims the 55th pole position for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in Firestone Indy Lights, the most of any entrant in the series. Schmidt's four-car lineup has earned pole at seven races this season. Esteban Guerrieri qualified second, matching his season-best start. It is his fifth front-row start of the season. Sebastian Saavedra qualified third, his sixth top-five qualifying effort of the season. Carlos Munoz qualified fourth, his seventh top-five qualifying effort of the season. Oliver Webb qualified fifth, his seventh top-five qualifying effort of the season.

***Update from INDYCAR Medical Director Dr. Michael Olinger: Drivers Emerson Newton-John is awake and alert, and is being transported to University of Maryland- Baltimore for further evaluation.***FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS SUNOCO POLE QUALIFYING QUOTES:TRISTAN VAUTIER (No. 77 Mazda Road to Indy/SSM with Curb Agajanian, Sunoco Pole Award winner): "It was good, very intense. I really enjoy the track here, it's long and there are many corners. Usually street courses are quite short, with a few exceptions like Long Beach, and here there is really many corners. It's very interesting because it makes it harder to put everything together. I knew qualifying was quite long, 40 minutes, but I knew we were likely to have red flags, so I tried to push from the start and get some good laps in early on. It worked, I got a very good lap in right before I had to pit for my last set of tires, and then that was enough. There was the red after that, so yes, I'm really happy about that and the car was really good. The team, as always, gave me a great car, so it's good to know that the performance relies on my performance inside of the car. Looking forward to tomorrow, it's going to be a tough race. We have to really keep working this afternoon to prepare for the car to race, we have to prepare a good race car, and we'll see what happens when we get it off."ESTEBAN GUERRIERI (No. 11 Pistas Argentinas/SSM with Curb Agajanian): "We didn't have much time to drive, you know, because yesterday they were fixing the track. So today we had the second practice this morning and it was cut short because of the rain so we didn't have much track time. But it wasn't bad. Obviously Tristan had the edge. On the second set of tires he was on it. And he did a very good lap. My car was OK, we could have improved with a third set [of tires] but we didn't have much to change from one set of tired to another." (How was the track feeling?): "Yeah, the chicane was quite different. Obviously it is a new layout. There and it's quite bumpy. Very easy to touch the wall, to get the wall. Basically I was building up the speed, mainly all around the track because it was not very gripped up this morning. Trying to build up the speed the car was not bad. In the chicane was were. I could gain the most." (Compare to last year) "The two chicanes are basically the most different. They're a bit bumpy on the turns, on Turn 1 and on Turn 3 let's say. It is a very good, very nice track to drive. Lots of fun. I enjoy it."SEBASTIAN SAAVEDRA (No. 27 Team AFS): "To be honest, with the small amount of laps we have been able to do the last couple days, I am quite happy with our qualifying results. It will be nice starting third after not knowing the track very well in the Firestone Indy Lights car. I am a bit bummed because I felt we had everything to go for the pole position. That last red flag kind of got in the way. However, that's racing and we just need to keep pushing. We have a very good car for tomorrow's race and it will be interesting to see what happens in Turn One. We are in the championship battle with the top five guys. I am looking forward to it and I am very satisfied with my car."CARLOS MUNOZ (No. 26 Team Dialy-Ser): "This qualifying session was really my first extended period of time on the track. In the practice this morning, we had four dry laps and then it started to rain, so qualifying provided us with more dry laps. I am quite happy to be starting fourth for the race tomorrow. We are not far away from the start of the pack and tomorrow will be a long race. It is pretty easy to make a mistake at this track, so we will have to stay focused the whole time. I am looking forward to it and hope to have a successful start to the race."OLIVER WEBB (No. 7 Lucas Oil/Sam Schmidt Motorsports): "We definitely had more if we could have gone back out. We were very quick in the beginning. There was a lot ALMS rubber down from their long session, but as it blended with the Firestone Indy Lights rubber, our balance which was good at the beginning, started to turn to a bit of oversteer. A little disappointed to be fifth. I certainly thought I could have been third. Esteban (Guerrieri) and Tristan (Vautier) are very quick and I think we could have been faster than the Andretti (cars)."JUAN PABLO GARCIA (No. 76 Freightliner Jeffrey Mark Motorsport): "I think the chicane helped improve the track today. There are still a lot of bumps but it's not as bad since we're slowed by the chicane. I expected a bit more out of qualifying for JMM. I ran into traffic on my fast lap on a set of new tires. Then later on in the session during another flying lap we got a red flag and the session was over because of Newton-John's incident. It's a shame because I know we're faster than we showed. Now we'll focus on the race. Tomorrow is another day and we'll look over our data tonight to see what we can do to make tomorrow a better day."IZOD INDYCAR SERIES POLE QUALIFYING:IZOD IndyCar Series Pole Qualifying consists of three segments. In Segment One of qualifying, each group receives 15 minutes of track time. The fastest six cars from each group advance to Segment Two, while the remaining cars are assigned positions 13-26. Group One drivers will occupy the odd-numbered positions (13, 15, 17...) while Group Two drivers will occupy the even-numbered positions (14, 16, 18...) based on their fastest lap times.During Segment Two, the 12 advancing cars receive 10 minutes of track time. The fastest six advance to the Firestone Fast Six Shootout while the remaining six cars are ranked in positions 7-12 based on their fastest laps.During the Firestone Fast Six, the six cars receive 10 minutes of track time, with a guarantee of five minutes of green flag time. Each car receives one additional set of Firestone Firehawk tires for use during this final segment. At the end of the session, the cars are ranked 1-6 based on their fastest laps. Any driver who causes a red flag during any of the groups will lose their two quickest laps. Any driver who uses the pit entry as part of the racing circuit will have that lap invalidated.The time line for qualifying today is at the exit of Turn 4.The lap record for the newly modified 2.04-mile circuit will be set today. The fastest lap in any of the three segments will be considered the qualifying record.***Firestone Indy Lights officials have announced the following penalty from today's post-qualifying technical inspection. The No. 26 entry of Andretti Autosport driven by Carlos Munoz was penalized loss of starting position for tomorrow's Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of Baltimore for not complying with Rule 14.5.1.14.5.1 Aerodynamic Configurations:All Road/Street Courses:Front mainplane: 1.5 to 2.0 posFront flap: yesRear mainplane: 1.5 to 2.0 posRear flap: yesRear wicker: optionalSet-up configuration: Road/Street CourseThe member may contest the imposition of the penalty pursuant to the procedures and timelines detailed in the protest and appeal procedures of the Firestone Indy Lights Rulebook.SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE:7 a.m. - Garages open9:45 - 10:15 a.m. - IZOD IndyCar Series warmup10:35 a.m. - USF2000 Race #2 (40 minutes)11:35 a.m. - Star Mazda Race #2 (40 minures)12:30 p.m. - Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of Baltimore (35 laps), NBC Sports Network (Live)1:55 p.m. - Grand Prix of Baltimore pre-race2:47 p.m. - Grand Prix of Baltimore (75 laps/150 miles), NBC Sports Network, Live