Qualifying Friday for the Indy Japan 300 IRL IndyCar Series event on the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed:

1. (26) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 205.762 mph

2. (13) Greg Ray, Panoz G Force-Honda, 205.722 mph

3. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 205.690 mph

4. (55) Kosuke Matsuura, Panoz G Force-Honda, 205.629 mph

5. (15) Buddy Rice, Panoz G Force-Honda, 205.408 mph

6. (1) Scott Dixon, Panoz G Force-Toyota, 204.985 mph

7. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Toyota, 204.890 mph

8. (17) Vitor Meira, Panoz G Force-Honda, 204.631 mph

9. (27) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 204.395 mph

10. (10) Darren Manning, Panoz G Force-Toyota, 204.345 mph

11. (7) Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 204.015 mph

12. (8) Scott Sharp, Dallara-Toyota, 203.867 mph

13. (16) Roger Yasukawa, Panoz G Force-Honda, 203.863 mph

14. (2) Mark Taylor, Dallara-Chevrolet, 203.787 mph

15. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Toyota, 203.281 mph

16. (4) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 202.952 mph

17. (14) A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Toyota, 202.055 mph

18. (5) Adrian Fernandez, Panoz G Force-Honda, 201.649 mph

19. (51) Alex Barron, Dallara-Chevrolet, 199.835 mph

20. (52) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 195.454 mph

21. (24) Robbie Buhl, Dallara-Chevrolet, 195.358 mph

22. (12) Tora Takagi, Dallara-Toyota, 195.054 mph

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